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T
he master QuarkXPress Server application and all of the subrenderers it
launches share the following elements:
• The same application preferences files on disk
• The same document cache in memory
• The same memory cache
• The same server XTensions modules
• The same server document pool (if defined in the QuarkXPress Server preferences
or if a document provider is used in place of the document pool)
If a subrenderer unexpectedly quits, the master QuarkXPress Server restarts
the subrenderer without requiring any action from you.
The master-subrenderer environment can be initiated from the command line
or by any means that can issue a command-line command (such as scripts
and shortcuts).
THE KEEPALIVE SCRIPT
A script called the keepalive script can monitor a QuarkXPress Server application
and restart the application if it fails. To use this feature, launch QuarkXPress
Server by running the “keepalive.sh” script (Mac OS) or “keepalive.bat”
(Windows) script. Note that the keepalive script works only if you run it before
you launch QuarkXPress Server. You can also manually restart QuarkXPress
Server using this script.
On both platforms, information about unexpected shutdowns (including the
error date, time, code, and description) is stored in an error log file. For more
information about logging, see “Logging (tab)” in Chapter 2, “The QuarkXPress
Server user interface.”
UNDERSTANDING QUARKXPRESS SERVER XTENSIONS SOFTWARE
QuarkXPress Server ships with a collection of XTensions software that adds
capabilities to QuarkXPress Server. For example, PDF Export XTensions soft-
ware lets QuarkXPress Server serve content in PDF format, Deconstructor
XTensions software lets you retrieve XML representations of projects, and
Modifier XT
ensions software lets you manipulate text, pictures, and boxes
(among other things). Telegraph XTensions software works with QuarkXPress
to allow designers to name boxes in template files so that those boxes can be
addressed by URLs and to control caching for individual items.
For more information about XT
ensions software included with QuarkXPress
Ser
ver
, see Chapter 4, “XT
ensions software,” and Chapter 5, “T
elegraph
XTensions software.”
UNDERSTANDING QUARKXPRESS SERVER
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ARTED WITH QUARKXPRESS SERVER