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Windows client viewers
The Content Manager OnDemand Windows client contains native capabilities for viewing 
typical archive data types:
/SM590000Line Data and SCS
/SM590000AFP 
/SM590000Images
The Windows client reflects the richest set of capabilities in terms of viewing these data types. 
Because it directly communicates with the Content Manager OnDemand server, we reference 
the Windows client for all of its features that relate to document display.
The Line Data viewer of the Windows client is the most sophisticated viewer that is available 
for Content Manager OnDemand from the selection of readily available viewers. 
The viewing of these primary data types happens within the same application. The Windows 
client provides other features, such as thumbnails, and configurable and saveable views.
The Content Manager OnDemand Windows client also contains other capabilities for viewing 
archive data types, such as Portable Document Format (PDF) and User-Defined.
Starting with Content Manager OnDemand version 9.5, for both DocType=PDF and 
user-defined PDF , the Windows Client will attempt to view a PDF document with Adobe 
Acrobat, if it is installed. If Adobe Acrobat is not installed, for DocType=PDF , Adobe Acrobat 
Reader will be used instead when the PDF document is viewed. 
Before Content Manager OnDemand version 9.5, PDF documents can be viewed by the 
Windows client in two ways: 
/SM590000If they are configured in the application as data type “PDF”, the rich feature set of the AFP 
and Line Data viewer applies, but Adobe Acrobat Professional is required. 
/SM590000If the data type is configured as “User Defined” and “.pdf” as the extension, the 
documents are started externally. Therefore, you can view the documents with the 
no-charge Adobe Acrobat viewer or any other installed PDF viewer.
Any data type can be specified as “User Defined”, for example, Word documents (.docx). 
User-defined data is viewed by invoking its associated application.
Web-based viewing options
The web-based viewing options for Content Manager OnDemand are provided primarily by 
ODWEK. ODWEK includes different viewers that are dedicated to Content Manager 
OnDemand documents that can use Content Manager OnDemand functions, such as the 
segment-wise retrieval of large objects or annotations. These viewers are used in web 
applications, such as Content Navigator or any other custom-developed web client:
/SM590000Line Data applet
/SM590000Browser plug-in for image viewing
/SM590000AFP browser plug-in
/SM590000AFP Transforms
/SM590000Generic Transforms
Detailed information about ODWEK’s viewers and transforms is in IBM Content Manager 
OnDemand Web Enablement Kit Java APIs: The Basics and Beyond, SG24-7646. Only a 
brief overview is provided in this chapter.