View Documents
(Available for the IDOL View component and IDOL Proxy.)
The View page in the Control menu allows you to convert documents into HTML to display in a web browser. The View
action performs the conversion. For more information about the View
action, see the IDOL Server Administration Guide.
To view a document in your web browser
- Type the document reference into the text box. The reference can be:
a document in the local file system, for example:
C:\Documents\report.doc
- a document on an intranet site, for example:
//intranet/report.doc
a web page or document accessible on the Internet, for example:
http://news.bbc.co.uk
-
If your document references have a common format, you can configure a standard prefix in the IDOL configuration file to add to each document reference. If you select the Use reference prefix check box, IDOL Admin adds this prefix to the
View
action automatically.For more information on using the
ReferencePrefix
andUseReferencePrefix
parameters, see the IDOL Server Reference. -
Click View.
The document opens in your web browser.