HotDocs.Server.UtilityTools Class
The UtilityTools class contains static methods for converting files, managing temporary files, and other general utilities.
Namespace: HotDocs.Server
Assembly: HotDocs.Server in HotDocs.Server.dll
Methods
| Method | Description |
  AddLogEntry |
This method adds an entry to the HotDocs Server log file. Although this method is frequently used for error messages, you could use it to record any kind of information in the HotDocs Server log file. For example, you could add a log entry when a user first logs on to your host application. |
| BuildServerFiles |
This method creates the files required by HotDocs Server to display an interview for a template.
This method is no longer supported; its functionality has been replaced by Application.BuildSupportFiles. |
| CheckFileAccess |
Determine the ability of the HotDocs Server process to access a file. |
| ConvertFile |
This method converts a document from one file type to another. For example, you can use it to convert an .RTF or .DOCX file to .HTML or .PDF. |
| ConvertRtfFile |
This method converts an RTF document to a PDF, HTML, or TXT document.
This method is deprecated in HotDocs Server 11. Enhanced functionality is available using UtilityTools.ConvertFile. |
| CreateTempDirectory |
This method creates a folder on disk using a unique ID where you can save temporary files. |
| DecryptString |
This method decrypts a string. |
| DeleteTempDirectory |
This method deletes the files in a temporary folder identified by a unique ID. |
| EncryptString |
This method encrypts a string. |
| GetTempDirectoryPath |
This method returns the path to a temporary folder identified by a unique ID. |
| GetTempFilePath |
This method generates a random file name using the specified extension, and returns the full path to that file in the folder indicated. |
| TouchTempDirectory |
This method sets the modification time of each file in the specified directory to the current time. This is useful to keep temporary files from being deleted by a process that looks for temporary files older than a specific age. |
Enumerations
| Enumeration | Description |
 FileMode |
This enumeration is used with UtilityTools.CheckFileAccess method to determine which file access attributes to check on a file. |