The default viewer in PowerWeb is PDFTron. PDFTron is a modern HTML5 viewer that allows you to see document renditions. HTML5 is supported by Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari internet browsers.
Notes About Functionality
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Internet Explorer and AutoVue are retired and out of support by Microsoft and Oracle, respectively.
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You may only view documents that reside in folders for which you have been granted the View Content privilege.
PowerWeb Procedures
Use these steps for PowerWeb.
View the rendition
To show the rendition in PowerWeb:
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In the Document ribbon Rendition group, click Show.
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Right-click over your selection, point to Edit, and then click Open Rendition.
View the Rendition Using the Forge Rendering Module
To perform these procedures, you must have Forge configured as a rendering application and started rendering a document sent to Forge. Learn more about configuring an application for rendering and viewing renditions in Meridian PowerWeb.
You must be in the Account Configurator group to access the Advanced and Stored Properties tabs.
To view a document's advanced information and hidden properties:
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On the Document property page of the document, click the document icon in the upper-left corner of the page.
The Advanced and Stored Properties tabs appear.
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Click the Stored Properties tab.
In the Stored Properties tab, expand Document.
The URL of the result appears in Forge ID part 1(2).
The document icon shows that the rendition is up to date.
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Click the Advanced tab.
In the Streams group, the Rendition field appears empty.
After a successful rendering, the Publisher log shows data about the rendition job, similar to the following:
1[RENDERING] INVOKE RENDERING MODULE "FORGE SERVICE"
2[FORGE SERVICE] UPLOAD FILE TO BLOB. FILEPATH: C:\<PATH>\RP_FRGE_100.DWG, FILEID: E716BE7B-DAC3-424B-B204-1F656FCE7D38
3[FORGE SERVICE] SEND CONTENT PROCESSING REQUEST. FILEID: E716BE7B-DAC3-424B-B204-1F656FCE7D38, RELATIVEFILEPATH: <ROOT FOLDER>\<PATH>\RP_FRGE_100.DWG, FILEREFERENCES: 0,
4[FORGE SERVICE] REQUEST ACCEPTED. MANIFESTID: ABB55726-EBF0-4030-88D7-F2BF743EF5CB
5[FORGE SERVICE] WAIT CONTENT PROCESSING COMPLETION. MANIFESTID: ABB55726-EBF0-4030-88D7-F2BF743EF5CB
6[FORGE SERVICE] PROCESSING COMPLETED. TENANTID: [TENANT ID], STATUS: COMPLETED, STATUSMESSAGE: ,
7[FORGE SERVICE] CLEAN TEMPORARY DATA
8[FORGE SERVICE] DELETE PROCESSING MANIFEST. MANIFESTID: ABB55726-EBF0-4030-88D7-F2BF743EF5CB
9[FORGE SERVICE] DELETE BLOB FILE. FILEID: E716BE7B-DAC3-424B-B204-1F656FCE7D38
10[FORGE SERVICE] CLEAN COMPLETED
11[RENDERING] RENDER COMPLETED: "<ROOT FOLDER>\<PATH>\RP_FRGE_100.DWG"
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In the Document ribbon Rendition group, click Show.
The Use Forge integration page opens.
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Click the Show rendition by Forge Native Viewer link.
The Native Viewer window opens and shows the rendition.
View Rendition in Default Application
To open the rendition in its default application:
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In the Edit ribbon Upload/Download group, select Download Document > Open.
