Importing FAP's in Documaker

Question

Hi,
As part of a requirements, we have updated certain number of FAP's.
We need to import these FAP's back in the Documaker.
Does ORACLE provide any sort of functionality/Utility so that this import can be done without having to import each FAP manually one by one.
Please respond ASAP.
Thanks
Vaibhav Bakshi
CSC

Answer 1

Hello Vaibhav,
DDT stands for Data Definition Table files.
DDT files were introduced as a way to isolate variable data tag information that would be applied to static form overlays. By separating this information from the FAP files, it was possible to achieve a higher degree of performance in simpler implementations. Over time, as advanced formatting capabilities were devised to meet customer needs, it became necessary for the
FAP files to be available at runtime because more and more documents began to be subject to dynamic composition at runtime. The DDT file became less of an advantage, and even a stumbling block within implementations.
Prior to Studio, the Documaker Legacy versions had 2 components for every image created; one is the FAP and the other is the DDT. After the Studio implementation, the terminology changed to Sections instead of Images and Studio allowed us to eliminate the DDT. All information gets stored in the FAP itself. Unless you are trying to import FAPs/DDTs of legacy version components, you may just choose "All files in the same location" or "Skip All" while you import.
Thank you.
Edited by: Nirmal Garga on Sep 14, 2011 12:29 PM