Client applications
Rational® Publishing Engine contains
two Eclipse-based client applications: Document Studio and Launcher.
When you install both applications, a shortcut is created on your
desktop to each application. Though they are separate applications
and have separate configuration files, they can also function as Eclipse
perspectives. As perspectives, you can switch between them or open
views from each in one Eclipse instance.
The Document Studio application
Document Studio is a stand-alone application that is used for designing document templates through various views and wizards. You can choose elements to create a template that can populate and format the latest data from your data source.
You can complete the following tasks in Document Studio:
- Create a template.
- Create master pages to define a header, a footer, and properties such as the page orientation and border styling.
- Add data source schemas to include queries and attributes to define the data structure.
- Create variables for calculations and configuring values at run time.
- Create styles that can apply to specific element types.
- Configure, preview, and generate documents as you design them.
The Launcher application
The Launcher is a stand-alone application used to create document specifications and generate output documents from these specifications. The Launcher can run also from a command-line utility to generate a set of documents. You can choose manual or wizard-driven document generation, as you are most comfortable. The Launcher is also accessible from Document Studio; when used from Document Studio, you can automatically synchronize the document specification with the current template.