Enable Preview for source files like html or css with IBM Docs Viewer

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HCL Connections Preview File Viewer

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IBM Docs Viewer can open source files with syntax highlighting. This feature is default disabled, but sometimes very useful.

You need to enable it with IBM Connections Gatekeeper.

Open Gatekeeper with https://your-connections-fqhn/connections/config

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Now search for FILEVIEWER_PREVIEW_TEXT and change the value to True.

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Now when you open an html (or other text file) from IBM Connections Files it will open a preview and after a short flickering of the document the source is highlighted.

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Without that setting you just see a message like “no preview available for this” and a download option:

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Gatekeeper settings can be set in real-time, so no restart of Connections is needed to enable or disable this feature. I tested the preview with html, js and css, but I think nearly everything with mime-type text is possible.

Update 2018-06-15

You need the admin role of the Common Application to access the gatekeeper!

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Christoph Stoettner

I work at Vegard IT GmbH as a senior consultant with a focus on collaboration software, Kubernetes, security and automation. I mainly deal with HCL Connections, WebSphere Application Server, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform and Linux.

Sometimes my daily work results in technical talks and blog articles, which you can follow here more or less regularly. You can find the presentations in the main menu under public speaking .

I created a list of tools I use regularly, most of which have been released under an open source license.

In my spare time I read a lot, test all kinds of technical software and gadgets and try to follow about 200 RSS feeds.
Here you can find a collection of them.

This is my private blog, all opinions are my own.

           

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