DirectDownload (Function Plugin)

The plug-in allows downloading files as high resolution data.

  • Access the plug-in via Mandators<Mandator name>Function plug-insDirectDownload

With this plug-in no conversion is possible. The data is downloaded as it exists on your volume.

This is how functions look like on frontend client:

DirectDownload function on client

You can use the plug-in as follows:

  • Each view in navigation, search or shopping cart

Here is the example of the configuration of DirectDownload function plugin:

DirectDownload overview configuration

You can find the description of the configuration options in the table below:

Field Description Notice

Use checkout

>> Activate the checkbox to lock downloaded files for other users until they are checked-in again

For checking-in of files:

Use an upload plugin or upload the data manually.

Checkin/checkout functions can be configured in Content plug-ins, e.g. FSTable.

Provide images in zip archive

>> Activate the checkbox to collect downloaded images in zip archive

Include missing images as text file

>> Activate the checkbox to collect missing images in a text file

This setting is especially for downloading Indesign layout documents where all images contained in the document should be packed into a ZIP archive (see image below the table)

Note:

>> only works when Indesign Document is saved with OMN Page Preview Plugin for InDesign

>> Option provide images in zip archive is activated

Enable archive creation

Include Mac resource

>> Activate the checkbox to add resource files for Mac OSX to the download

Restrict file names to ASCII7

>> Activate the checkbox to restrict file names to ASCII code

Save execution user

For choosing a metadata field in which the name of the user who downloaded an object last (with this configuration) is saved

Save execution time

For choosing a metadata field in which the last download date of an object (downloaded with this configuration) is saved

Here is the structure of a ZIP-archive when download document with images:

DirectDownload zip structure1
DirectDownload zip structure2
DirectDownload zip structure3

And here you can see the content of the text file with missing images of the document:

DirectDownload zip text file

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