To import a device type

  1. Open the Tools dashboard.
  2. Click the Delivery link. The Delivery Administration screen is displayed.
  3. Click Import Device Types in the Device Type Tools menu and do one of these:
    • Type the path and file name to the XML file that defines the device type.

    • Browse for the XML file that defines the device type.

      Caution: 

      Duplicate file names are overwritten without warning. There is a message on the screen to this effect.

  4. Click Import.
  5. Ensure that the location for printer device type is set for the version of Adobe Acrobat you are using. You can use Adobe 7 or higher. For Reporting Services BackOffice Bursting, version 7.05 Adobe or higher is required. Verify the file DeviceTypes.xml in the conf directory and view the example here (text inside the shell-command tag).
    
    <device-types>
    <device-type name="E-mail Device Type" 
    		driver="com.lawson.efs.delivery.components.driver.EmailDeviceDriver"
    		confirm-required="true" attachments="true"
    		mime-type="text/html" access="user">
    <property name="host" value="smtp.mycompany.com" editable="false" />
    <property name="from" value="messaging@mycompany.com" editable="false" />
    </device-type>
    <device-type name="Printer Device Type" 
    		driver="com.lawson.efs.delivery.components.driver.PrinterDeviceDriver"
    		confirm-required="false" attachments="true"
    		mime-type="*/*" access="system">
    <print-command mime-type="application/pdf"
    			class="com.lawson.efs.delivery.components.driver.ShellPrintCommand"
    			extension=".pdf">
    <shell-command delay="1">
    "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" /t %file %printer
    </shell-command>
    </print-command>
    </device-type>
    <device-type name="Network Drive Device Type" 
    	driver="com.lawson.efs.delivery.components.driver.NetworkDriveDeviceDriver"
    	confirm-required="false" attachments="true"
    	mime-type="*/*" access="system">
    </device-type>
    </device-types>