SoftVision Development GmbH
Kurfuerstenstrasse 15
36037 Fulda, Germany		Phone: +49 (0)661 25100-0
Fax: +49 (0)661 25100-25
E-Mail: info@softvision.de



The n2pdf server task works according to the "mail in" principle and requires two Notes databases to work:

- the "job" database (n2pdfJob.nsf) for the administration and planing of the tasks for the PDF creation
- the "inbox" database (n2pdfInbox.nsf) to execute the pending jobs



The "job" database contains all the jobs for the PDF creation.



These jobs (they may be scheduled or non-recurring) contain all the required settings for the PDF creation: the data source (Where will the data come from?), the filename (How is the name created?), what to do with the PDF file (e.g. return via e-mail or save to the file system), page settings with header- and footer definitions, PDF settings (file security, PDF/A yes or no, etc.), the handling of the file attachments (embed, convert, import), etc.



One of these jobs is copied to the server tasks inbox by the server task (or i.e. via own Lotus script programing). Once in the inbox, the job is converted to a PDF file and returned in accordance with the settings in the document.