Configuring Xinet Metadata ID on Client Systems

Clients must install the Xinet Support ID and Metadata ID plug-ins to use InDesign. For Windows clients, go to the Adobe Add-ons store. Mac OS X client software is available on the MacFiles volume (the installer is called Xinet Client.mpkg). For installation details, see the Client Guide (Appendix B: InDesign Tips).

When a user who has installed Xinet Support ID saves a file, plug-in places a “slug” inside the document. Depending on the settings the user has established for the plug-in, the slug may contain two previews of each spread in the document (a thumbnail and a 72 dpi preview) and information about every image used in the file (name, directory ID, coordinates, etc.).

Xinet Metadata ID Configuration (Defaults)

This plug-in provides the configuration shown in the table below. The preferences apply to the current user (and cannot be set for individual documents). We recommend you leave the default values as is.

Key	Description	Type	Default Value
MaxPreviewSize	Sets the maximum number of pixels in large previews. • Default value: 1600 (at 72dpi is 22.222") • Minimum value: 100 • Maximum value: 32767 (= kMaxInt16) For rectangular documents, the larger value, either width or height is used for this maximum value. For example, if MaxPreviewSize is set to 600 for letter pages, the first large preview will have a wn_previews:width of 463 and a wn_previews:height of 600 (wn_previews:scale = 0.7575757575757576). For facing (landscape) pages, the wn_previews:width = 600, wn_previews:height = 388, wn_previews:scale = 0.49019607843137253. (By default the wn_previews:scale property is only not 1 when the longer size of the spread exceeds 22.222".)	Integer	1600
SaveImageInfo	Determines whether the Metadata ID saves user information—including name, directory ID, coordinates, and so on—for each image present in the document.	Boolean	true
WhichPreviews	Controls whether the large, nominally 72 DPI, previews and 112 pixel thumbnails get added to the document. There are three possible values: • 0 = neither thumbnails nor previews are added. • 1 = only thumbnails are added • 2 = thumbnails and previews are added (the default)	Unsigned Integer	2 (thumbnails and previews are both added)

These keys are stored in the host operating system's native format, namely:

•	On macOS, the defaults database.

•	On Windows, the Registry. Each preference has a name, or key, and a value of a specific type.

The following steps provide information on how to update these keys on their respective operating systems.

Update these Settings on macOS (not recommended)

To change these settings on macOS, run the following commands in Terminal on the command-line of the currently logged in user.

Update MaxPreviewSize on macOS:

Note: MaxPreviews can be changed while InDesign is running, but you must quit InDesign before the change will take effect.

To limit the maximum preview size to 600 pixels,.run the following command:

defaults write com.xinet.indesign.webnative MaxPreviewSize -int 600

To revert to the default value of 1600 pixels, run the following command:

defaults write com.xinet.indesign.webnative MaxPreviewSize -int 1600

Update SaveImageInfo on macOS:

To turn this key off (and prevent Metadata ID from saving this information) on macOS, run the following command:

defaults write com.xinet.indesign.webnative SaveImageInfo -bool FALSE

To revert again to the default value, run the following command:

defaults delete com.xinet.indesign.webnative SaveImageInfo

Update WhichPreviews on macOS:

To make Metadata ID only add thumbnails to the document (value 1), run the following command:

defaults write com.xinet.indesign.webnative WhichPreviews -int 1

To revert to the default value:

defaults delete com.xinet.indesign.webnative WhichPreviews

Update these Settings on Windows (not recommended)

For Windows, use the built-in Registry Editor. The path for Metadata ID's preferences is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Xinet\InDesign\WebNative\.

Each setting has its own DWORD entry, as detailed below:

•	MaxPreviewSize uses the values listed in the table above.

•	SaveImageInfo uses a value of 0 for false and 1 for true.

•	WhichPreviews uses the values listed in the table above.

Note: MaxPreviews can be changed while InDesign is running, but you must quit InDesign before the change will take effect.

Xinet Support ID

There are currently no settings for Xinet Support ID.

(For previous Xinet versions, it was possible to determine whether drags of assets on mounted volumes linked to the FPO or high-resolution volume.)