There is one thing that needs to be discussed here. We have option to allow admin to set PDF settings for document or a group. So now whenever a PDF is generated, those settings are used.
If we change the settings, they will be used in pdf generation next time. So old documents has PDFs with the old settings as PDFs were created before settings were changed.
So, do we need to recreate the PDFs of old documents if PDF settings are changed? Two things that we need to decide between:
If we change the settings, they will be used in pdf generation next time. So old documents has PDFs with the old settings as PDFs were created before settings were changed.
So, do we need to recreate the PDFs of old documents if PDF settings are changed? Two things that we need to decide between:
- If we are re-creating PDFs, we will have to generate PDFs for all documents to which this settings apply, so more processing (someone unnecessary also)
- If not, then we won't see pdfs with new settings until a new version is checked in or a new document is added.
