UI customization

All the settings under this section require a valid license. These settings should be set inside the global configuration file or the printer configuration file. The settings won't be overriden by settings made by a user in a user configuration file.

Setting	Default	Type	Description
HeaderLogoLinkVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, it blocks the links to our landing page from the CIB pdf brewer logo (starting 4.0)
EditProfilesVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, it hides the option to edit a profile. Affects main converter window and printer settings window.
EditGlobalsVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, it hides the option to edit global settings from the main converter window and printer settings window.
EditGlobalsLicenseVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, it hides the submenu for entering the license.
EditGlobalsUpdateVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, it hides the submenu of update settings.
EditGlobalsStatisticVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, it hides the submenu of print statistics.
EditGlobalsExtensionsVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, it hides the submenu of CIB pdf brewer’s extensions.
EditGlobalsAddinsVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, it hides the submenu of CIB pdf brewer’s Addins. Min. version 4.9.0
EditGlobalsProxyVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, it hides the submenu of proxy settings.
EditAttachmentsVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, the option to add attachments in the main converter window will be hidden.
EditDocumentInformationVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, the option to add custom metadata in the main converter window will be hidden.
SaveShareVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, the option to “save and share” in the main converter window will be hidden.
SkipPostOptionSecurityVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, the "skip" button in the post-option security page will be hidden. Min. version 3.10.1. This setting belongs to a profile configuration, not the global scope.
PdfSecurityPermissionsVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, the "PDF permissions" panel of the security page will be hidden. Min. version 3.10.1. This setting belongs to a profile configuration, not the global scope.
AICompressionVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, the "AI Compression" panel of the Compression page in Profile Editor will be hidden, and therefore, Expert compression settings will be the only available. Min. version 4.3.0.
OCRDeepERVisibility	true	bool	If disabled, the CIB deepER OCR engine option of the Text Recognition page in Profile Editor will be hidden, and therefore, Tesseract OCR engine will be the only available. Min. version 4.4.0.
MainUISubtitle	empty	string	Adds a custom text subtitle in the main converter window.
UIColorMain	empty	string	Application color can change according to this setting. The string must be in HTML hex format (#RRGGBB).
CtxMenuEncryptionEnabled	true	bool	Shows or hide context menu entry for encryption and decryption.
CtxMenuCompressionEnabled	true	bool	Shows or hide context menu entry for compression.
CtxMenuDoxisafeEnabled	true	bool	Shows or hide context menu entry for CIB doXisafe.
CtxMenuFairbrieftEnabled	true	bool	Shows or hide context menu entry for CIB fairBrieft.
CtxMenuMergeSplitEnabled	true	bool	Shows or hide context menu entry for merge & split.
CtxMenuGlobalEnabled	true	bool	Shows or hide context menu entry to access global settings.
CtxMenuConvertEnabled	true	bool	Shows or hide context menu entry for PDF conversion.
CtxMenuConvertPdfa3Enabled	true	bool	Shows or hide context menu entry for PDF/A3 conversion.
CtxMenuConvertOCREnabled	true	bool	Shows or hide context menu entry for text recognition. Min. version 4.6.0.
ShowSaveInSameDirectory	true	bool	Shows or hide "save in same directory" option in save dialogue.
ApplicationName	empty	string	Transferring an alternative printer name for save dialogues.
TraceFilename	empty	string	If set to a file path, traces are active and written to the specified file path. E.g. "TraceFilename": "D:\\CIB pdf brewer\\Logs"
ShowEInvoiceWizard	true	bool	Addin property: Shows or hide EInvoice Wizard group from Ribbon. Min. version 4.3.0.
ShowFormsGroup	true	bool	Addin property: Shows or hide Forms group from Ribbon. Min. version 4.3.0.
AddinCreatePdf	true	bool	Addin property: Shows or hide "Create PDF" individual button from Ribbon. Min. version 4.3.0.
AddinHybrid	true	bool	Addin property: Shows or hide "Create Hybrid PDF" individual button from Ribbon. Min. version 4.3.0.
PdfUAEnabled	true	bool	Addin property: Shows or hide "Create PDF/UA" individual button from Ribbon. Min. version 4.3.0.
Themes	empty	string	Themes or colors for the CIB pdf brewer can be defined here. The themes and colors can also be used for CIB fairBrief. More information at the bottom of this page
DoxisafeIntegration	true	bool	Shows or hides CIB doXisafe options for the entire application
DoxiviewIntegration	true	bool	Shows or hides CIB doXiview options. The CIB doXiview opener (Open with) can be disabled with /SkipOpenWithDoxiview parameter on installation.
FairbriefIntegration	true	bool	Shows or hides CIB fairBrief options

Advanced user restrictions settings

Setting	Default	Type	Description
AllowUpdates	true	bool	This setting can block any attempt of program update, and it belongs to the first level of the configuration (json) file. It is not recommended to disable updates, we are constantly working for our customers and improving the product
Editable	true	bool	This setting belongs to each profile main level. The profile editor window will warn and block any attempt of change if this setting is set to false. This setting will also block any manual change made to the profile in the user’s application data configuration.

Locking specific features

Besides the self-locking settings for UI customization showed above, CIB pdf brewer has a mechanism of locking specific features. For this, we will have to add a suffix to the setting we want to block. 

Example:

"PdfVersion.Locked": 17

In the example, we lock the PDF version setting (fixed to PDF 1.7). If a user attempts to change it, a warning stating that the feature is locked will appear.

Define themes and colors

Example for defining alternative colors in the CIB pdf brewer client:

{

"Theme": {

	"Predefined": "Light",

	"AccentBaseColor": "#99E827",

	"BackgroundColor": "#D0DEE3",

	"BlackColor": "#000000",

	"DarkGreyColor": "#006C6E",

	"HighlightColor": "#3CA80D",

	"LightGreyColor": "#033B4A",

	"MiddleLightGreyColor": "#008285",

	"WhiteColor": "#E8ECEF"

	}

}

CIB fairBrief

Themes and colors can also be defined in the fairBrief Client. Values and structure here are identical to the definition in the CIB pdf brewer client. The values for fairBrief must be entered in the CIB pdf brewer configuration file.

Define Addin properties

Example for defining properties for the CIB pdf brewer Addin ribbon:

{

"Addin": {

	"ShowEInvoiceWizard": false,

	"ShowFormsGroup": false,

	"AddinCreatePdf": false,

	"AddinHybrid": true,

	"PdfUAEnabled": true

	}

}

Example

An example for usage of a configuration file 

{

	"LicenseCompany": "...",
	"LicenseKey": "...",
	"EditProfilesVisibility": false,
	"EditGlobalsVisibility": false,
	"EditGlobalsLicenseVisibility": false,
	"EditGlobalsUpdateVisibility": false,
	"EditGlobalsStatisticVisibility": false,
	"EditGlobalsExtensionsVisibility": false,
	"EditAttachmentsVisibility": false,
	"EditDocumentInformationVisibility": false,
	"SaveShareVisibility": false,
	"MainUISubtitle": "Ideen mit System",
	"UIColorMain": "#74AF83",
	"Profiles": {
		"6788669a-5233-4c29-94d7-f55036e67bc5": {
			"Name": "Unique profile",
			"Description": "You can only use this profile",
			"Editable": false,
			"Configuration": { 
				"CompressionProfile": 1,
				"PdfVersion.Locked": 14
			}
		}
	}
}