Placing Generator content on the server

After you create a Generator template, transfer the template file along with any associated data files to the Web server that has an installed copy of the Generator. You should place any external font files that were created when exporting a template in the same location as the template file.

Data source files should be localized as BINARY when using FTP to move them between machines with different localized operating systems. Some FTP clients examine files and translate between encoding systems when transferring files using TEXT mode. This translation can yield undesirable results and corrupt the data source on the target system.

After you transfer the template files and if you're using the Offline Generator, you can start the Offline Generator specifying where the output file should be placed. This location is typically within the root directory hierarchy of the Web server. For example, in Windows NT the following command places Blimp.swf in the root Web directory:

generate -swf c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Blimp.swf Blimp.swt

On UNIX systems, the command would be as follows:

generate -swf /etc/apache/htdocs/Blimp.swf Blimp.swt