27.7 Add Custom Templates to Filr

By default Filr advanced edition is shipped with 7 file templates. These file templates are the combination of Microsoft Word and Libre Office extensions (.xlsx, .docx, . pptx, . odt, .ods, .odp, and .txt). You can add only one file template for each file type. An Administrator can add a new file template or replace the existing default file templates with the customized template at the location where the default file templates are saved. A maximum of 15 templates can be added and the template name length can be up to 10 characters. The location is given below. Perform the following steps to add a customized file template.

  1. If vashare is available on the Filr server, then add the customized template or a new file template at vashare/filr/fileTemplates. Else, you can add the template to vastorage/filr/fileTemplates.

  2. Copy the property create.file.extensions from /opt/novell/filr/apache-tomcat/webapps/ssf/WEB-INF/classes/config/ssf.properties file to /opt/novell/filr/apache-tomcat/webapps/ssf/WEB-INF/classes/config/ssf-ext.properties file along with existing extensions and add the new file template extension in create.file.extensions property of ssf-ext.properties file

  3. Restart the Filr server for the custom templates to appear in the Create New File template list.

NOTE:The naming convention of a file template must be filetype.filetype for example, docx.docx.

You can add any type of file template, However users can edit the template in the Filr Web Client only if the file type is supported by CE.