This section provides specific information about the files most commonly used to customize ePublisher and its transformation processes.

Format Trait Info files have the .fti file extension. Format Trait Info files are located in both the ePublisher Formats\Shared folders, and the Format folders of each target.

In every project, the user has a series of format and style options to customize the appearance of his output. In the ePublisher consoles, these options are accessed and manipulated through target settings and Style Designer. For ePublisher, these customization options are defined in the Format Trait Info files. Manipulating these files allows you to customize the location of options, create or delete options and parameters, adjust their valid values, or choose new default values.

For ePublisher to process a Format Trait Info file, the .fti file must have the same file name, not including the .fti file extension, as an XSL file in the current format folder hierarchy. For example, ePublisher processes the table of contents using the toc.fti and toc.xsl files in the same folder. The information displayed in ePublisher represents all Format Trait Info files associated with a specific format. Two or more Format Trait Info files may define the same <Setting /> element, but the ePublisher console displays that setting only once.

When you generate output, ePublisher reviews the settings specified in target settings and Style Designer, stores the settings in the .wep project file, and incorporates the settings in the generated output.

A format.wwfmt file is stored in each of the specific format folders. The format.wwfmt file defines all the stages required to create output, and the relationships between each of these stages. These stages are grouped in pipelines of related stages. When every stage of every pipeline has finished, ePublisher is done generating the output. There is no preconceived order in which pipelines run. ePublisher calculates at run time the order in which each pipeline runs. You can create or delete pipelines, add or delete stages, or insert a <Depends /> element that dictates when a stage or pipeline runs.

ePublisher creates and stores the files.info file for each target with the project files. Each stage completes a small portion of the transformation. A completed stage creates new information that contributes to the appearance or functionality of the transformed content. When a stage finishes, ePublisher writes the location of the processed information in the files.info file for use by other stages. Each stage can use information in the files.info file and record information in the files.info file for use by another stage.

The Stationery design project .wep file contains all the configuration information required to define the Stationery and generate output. This file includes the sample source document names, settings, options, and customizations. You can use ePublisher Designer to modify a Stationery design project, and to save it as Stationery.

The project .wrp file contains all the information required to generate output. This file includes all the source document names, settings, options, and customizations.

A Stationery .wxsp file is based on settings and options defined in a Stationery design project and saved as Stationery. By saving a project as Stationery, all the settings and customizations that you captured in your project, including project format overrides, are automatically implemented in any new projects based on the Stationery.