Documentation / Samples DAM - Inbound Refinery

Question

Hi,
Where i can find documentation or samples (source code) of Inbound Refinery /DAM usage.
My only way is to decompile de DAMConverter component - not acceptable!
I need the documentation of the docrefinery JAVA package.
Thankz,
Pedro Senos

Answer 1

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The Administration portion of the Install_admin_dam_10en.pdf, assuming you are using the CS10g, document has information that will help you figure out what you will need to get started if you choose to do the following.
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Let me start by clarifying that I work in Windows environment using VB, C# and Idoc script. The following is based on my experiences and information I've collected from the Oracle/Stellent documentation.
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In response to the "I'd like to integrate with other tools than FlipFactory or Image Alchemy. For instance, FFMPEG, Image Magick, etc." question. You can customize the Inbound Refinery (IBR) to use any conversion tool you wish, assuming you have the knowledge and ability to build the integration component. The Digital Asset Component (DAM) has two parts, the Content Server portion and the IBR portion. To use a specialized tool in the Content Server web interface you will need to modify both. If not, then you should be able to add a different third-party conversion engine.
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<h4>Building a conversion or processing engine</h4>
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There are many different ways to integrate a conversion engine into the IBR. The easiest way, I know of, is to add the a custom engine as an extra conversion to IBR. The custom_conversions_75en.pdf guide under the Content Server documentation\developer is the best place to start. Section 3 of the guide is for VB and section 4 is for Java. Remember this is only a launching pad, a place to start. I built an app to open Photoshop since we use only the Image portion right now. The integration method is the same for Image and Video. The app should open the file, do the conversions you require and close that process thread. This is where the custom_conversions_75en guide will help. The guide provides information on how to integrate the application into the refinery. If you want the process to be an option under DAM, you can modify the DAM comp adding the new app as a rendition set. The information is in the DamConverterSupport component readme.txt file.
I hope this helps.
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