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GETTING STARTED WITH QUARKXPRESS SERVER
address field. For example, the following URL instructs the QuarkXPress Server
application named “QXPServer” to return the file “MyProject.qxp” as a PDF file:
http://QXPServer:8080/pdf/MyProject.qxp
The QuarkXPress Server application receives these requests, renders (creates) the
requested projects in the requested formats, and then returns the rendered file to
the client application—the Web browser in this case.
The format of QuarkXPress Server URL requests is described in detail in “Creating
URL requests“.
You can also create custom applications that communicate with a QuarkXPress
Server application using HTTP, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), or another
protocol.
You can think of QuarkXPress Server as a special version of QuarkXPress that runs
on a server with the following main differences:
Instead of accepting input from a keyboard and mouse, QuarkXPress Server
accepts input in the form of URLs and other types of requests.
Instead of sending a project to a printer, QuarkXPress Server renders (creates)
output in a particular format and sends the rendered file to a client.
Server templates and static projects
QuarkXPress Server can open, render, and serve two types of projects:
Static projects are QuarkXPress projects that can be rendered and served as-is in a
variety of formats by the QuarkXPress Server application. For example, you
might make a product manual available as a static project and allow customers
to download that manual in a variety of formats.
Server templates are QuarkXPress projects that can be manipulated by the
QuarkXPress Server application before being rendered and served. For example,
you might make a sales piece available as a server template so that each person
who downloads it receives a personalized copy.
QuarkXPress Server can open QuarkXPress documents, projects, and templates
created in any language edition of QuarkXPress 7.0 or later. QuarkXPress Server can
save and export projects in QuarkXPress 8.x, 9.x and 10.x format.
The document pool and the Streaming Document Provider
QuarkXPress Server has two main ways to find or receive content for rendering.
The document pool
The Streaming Document Provider
QuarkXPress Server can read templates and static projects from a directory called
the document pool. The document pool can be any directory that is available to
QuarkXPress Server through a file system or an FTP server. You can use any of the
following methods to place files in the document pool:
Drag the files to the document pool directory.
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