Retrieving Non-Web Content

WebCD Globe Retrieving Non-Web Content

Of the items on the CD, some may be documents retrieved from your local hard drive or network. Some examples of non-Web based documents you may want to include on your WebCD are: acrobat .pdf files of your current product brochures, multi-media sales presentations, slide show presentations such as Microsoft PowerPoint or Lotus Freelance, and software demos, patches or upgrades.

To retrieve an item, it must be in the Retrieval View and set for retrieval. There are three ways to add local documents to the Retrieval View:

Menu

1 On the File menu, click New and then click URL or click New URL from the Retrieve menu.
2 In the New URL dialog box, enter the URL for the item you wish to add to the Retrieval View. An example file URL is file:///c:\projects\demo.doc, where you wish to retrieve a file called demo.doc in the projects directory on your c: drive. An equivalent URL for the same file is file://LocalHost/c:\projects\demo.doc.
Note LocalHost is a host name that indicates the document resides locally. If the host portion of the URL is left blank, LocalHost is assumed.
3 The new item is set for retrieval by default. You will always want local documents to be marked for retrieval so they will be retrieved and placed onto your WebCD for end-users to access.
4 Click OK. The new URL is added to the Retrieval View. Next time you retrieve, retrieval will be attempted on all URLs in the Retrieval View that are marked for retrieval.

Toolbar

1 Enter the URL for the file in the Browser View's URL entry textbox. The file contents will be displayed in the Browser.
Note If the file is a non-text or html file, such as a Word or PowerPoint document, nothing is displayed in the Browser.
2 Click the Add URL button from the Browser toolbar. The URL for the file is automatically added to the Retrieval View and marked for retrieval.

Drag and Drop

1 Find the file in Windows Explorer.
2 Drag the file into the WebCD Packager Retrieval View. The URL for the file is automatically added to the Retrieval View and marked for retrieval.

1	On the File menu, click New and then click URL or click New URL from the Retrieve menu.
2	In the New URL dialog box, enter the URL for the item you wish to add to the Retrieval View. An example file URL is file:///c:\projects\demo.doc, where you wish to retrieve a file called demo.doc in the projects directory on your c: drive. An equivalent URL for the same file is file://LocalHost/c:\projects\demo.doc. Note LocalHost is a host name that indicates the document resides locally. If the host portion of the URL is left blank, LocalHost is assumed.
3	The new item is set for retrieval by default. You will always want local documents to be marked for retrieval so they will be retrieved and placed onto your WebCD for end-users to access.
4	Click OK. The new URL is added to the Retrieval View. Next time you retrieve, retrieval will be attempted on all URLs in the Retrieval View that are marked for retrieval.

1	Enter the URL for the file in the Browser View's URL entry textbox. The file contents will be displayed in the Browser. Note If the file is a non-text or html file, such as a Word or PowerPoint document, nothing is displayed in the Browser.
2	Click the Add URL button from the Browser toolbar. The URL for the file is automatically added to the Retrieval View and marked for retrieval.

1	Find the file in Windows Explorer.
2	Drag the file into the WebCD Packager Retrieval View. The URL for the file is automatically added to the Retrieval View and marked for retrieval.