Configures Smart Interop Publisher to monitor a folder and then automatically perform scheduled translation and publish operations. By automatically performing administrative operations, Smart Interop Publisher allows you to manage multiple large projects containing thousands of files. You can create multiple folder settings groups to accommodate every supported source file type contained in your project.
-
To set up automation for scheduling and publishing to SmartPlant Foundation, you must register your project to SmartPlant Foundation, and have SmartPlant Foundation version 5.2 or later.
-
To create and edit your folder settings, you must be an administrator on the computer running Smart Interop Publisher. Also, if the User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, select Run as administrator for Smart Interop Publisher when using the Folder Settings Command.
-
For a Citrix environment, ensure that you have Full control in your registry for Smart Interop Publisher Folder Settings: (Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Intergraph\SmartPlant Interop Publisher (RHM>Permissions>Security)).
Each Smart Interop Publisher project has settings that define the overall translation of contained source files. These project settings serve as defaults for folder settings groups. These groups contain the translation settings and scheduling tasks to perform automatically and in the background. You can use the Default folder settings group or create multiple folder settings groups to automate the following operations:
-
Add source files. When you add source files in the designated folder, Smart Interop Publisher automatically updates the Source Files grid.
-
Translate new source files and automatically place the generated Smart Models in the Smart Models grid.
-
Perform any scheduling operations.
-
Revise and then schedule a publish to a registered SmartPlant Foundation site.
Smart Interop Publisher stores your folder settings groups in a configuration (.SPIOPCfg) file in a shared content folder. You can copy the .SPIOPCfg file to other shared folder locations so that you can use the same settings in other Smart Interop Publisher projects. You can create different folder settings groups to meet your requirement such as a source file specific group, or a group that translates and publishes files on a particular scheduled time.
For each folder settings group, Smart Interop Publisher monitors the designated source folders. When you make a change to source files in the folder, Smart Interop Publisher updates the associated Smart Model at the next scheduled time.
What do you want to do?