The config file allows you to configure the variable elements in the preflight report such as
the way the bookmarks are organized (sorted per page or per item), whether or not a summary
annotation should be displayed (and how it should look like), how the report should be secured,
etc.
About the configuration file
- The file has the extension .prefs and it is crucial that this extension, thus the format
remains!
- Preferably you open the config file with the following application:
- Mac: TextEdit (preference set to .txt format)
- Windows: Notepad or Notepad++
- The location (for customized reports):
- On Mac: HD/Library/Preferences/Enfocus Prefs Folder/Report
Templates/Custom/
- On Windows XP and 2003:
HD\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application data (this is a hidden
folder)\Enfocus Prefs folder\Report Templates\Custom
- On Windows 7, 2008 and newer versions:
..\ProgramData\Enfocus Prefs Folder\Report Templates\Custom
About the structure of the configuration file
- A .prefs file always starts with #BEGINPREFS and ends with #ENDPREFS.
- A .prefs file of an annotated report can contain only two sections ("dictionaries"), each
starting with #BEGINDICT and ending with #ENDDICT:
- PitStopReport
- AnnotatedReportSettings
- Each section contains a number of settings or tags, as explained further in this document.
See PitStopReport and AnnotatedReportSettings.
- The order in which the sections and the tags (within a section) appear in the .prefs file
is not important.
Colors and units
- Colors are specified by a string consisting of 1, 3 or 4 numbers. Each number represents a
color component percentage value:
- 1 value: grayscale
- 3 values: RGB
- 4 values: CMYK
Note:
- Remember the color value is a percentage (%) value (i.e. a number in the range from 0 -
100).
- You are free to configure color values in RGB, CMYK or grayscale, except for the
SummaryAnnotationColor tag which should be defined in RGB (See AnnotatedReportSettings).
- The unit used in the .prefs file is ‘Points’.