About WorkZone PDF
WorkZone PDF is a WorkZone product that is used to convert existing documents to PDF. WorkZone PDF converts documents to either the default PDF format (PDF v1.7) or to the PDF/A format (PDF/A-3b). You can specify which PDF format to convert to during the WorkZone PDF installation. WorkZone PDF can be used as a standalone application or in combination with other WorkZone products.
WorkZone PDF consists of two modules:
- WorkZone PDF Engine – A stateless Web Application that performs real-time conversions of files to PDF documents, that generates reports, conducts remerging, text extraction, etc.
- WorkZone PDF Crawler – A Windows Service that is used for deferred, asynchronous conversions of selected documents, either manually or with policies.
Important: A separate license is required to use the WorkZone PDF Crawler with policies.
If an organization uses WorkZone PDF with policies, WorkZone PDF Crawler searches for documents that have not been converted, and that match one of the defined policy. When a document that matches a policy is found, it is converted to PDF document and then saved in the WorkZone Content Server. See WorkZone PDF with policies.
WorkZone PDF usage by other products
WorkZone Content Server
WorkZone PDF Engine contains a .Net library that is used in a WorkZone environment for extracting texts from various types of documents (including OCR). The texts are then used for the WorkZone search functionality.
WorkZone Client
WorkZone PDF Engine is used to preview documents in WorkZone Client and WorkZone PDF Crawler is used to create high-quality PDF versions of documents. WorkZone Client also uses WorkZone PDF Engine to print case documents, reports, and case notes.
WorkZone Process
WorkZone Process uses WorkZone PDF Engine to print tasks and process history.
Smart Post uses the WorkZone PDF Engine to create the letters and remerge them.
WorkZone Mobile
WorkZone Mobile opens documents in PDF format created by the WorkZone PDF Crawler program.
See which Supported file types are supported by the WorkZone PDF.
In addition to converting different types of documents to PDF documents, the WorkZone PDF Engine service includes the following APIs:
- Creates server-side emails (*.msg files) that can be streamed to clients. Users can then open the MSG files in Microsoft Outlook and add more information.
- Converts MSG files to EML files and vice versa.
- Extracts texts from various types of documents (including OCR).
For more information, see the API documentation located at http://<Server>/render/help.
