Most common Draftable Legal registry configurations

This is an article intended for administrator level users, who wish to make certain configurations to the registry of user computers, to set values directly to the registry. This is an alternative method of Draftable legal user machine configuration as opposed to using something like group policy.

Registry configurations

Below are a series of different registry configurations you can use to set user machine values directly for Draftable legal. They are grouped by the category of settings/configuration each registry key belongs to.

Please note: By default Draftable will prioritize registry keys set in the “CURRENT_USER” registry folders, and will then prioritize “LOCAL_MACHINE” registry keys if keys are not found in “CURRENT_USER”. This will apply to users wanting to use “LOCAL_MACHINE” to apply keys, so they do not have to configure each different individual user account.

Please be aware, that if you wish to set the registry keys in the “LOCAL_MACHINE” section, the location slightly differs from the “CURRENT_USER” location, as it’s not mirrored. Hence, the default location for Draftable registry keys in “LOCAL_MACHINE” is HKLM:\Software\Policies\Draftable\

Hence, do not use HKLM:\Software\Draftable\ for “LOCAL_MACHINE” registry configurations.

Installation configurations

Draftable startup when Windows starts

This registry key is used to control what type of startup occurs if Draftable starts up when Windows boots.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Compare
Value name: StartOnStartupOption
Value type: REG_SZ
Value data: <key>

The value <key> can be set to the following values:

• Silent: Starts silently in the background, no user prompt is given.
• Start: Starts and opens a New Comparison window when Windows starts.
• NotStart: Will not start Draftable, when Windows starts.

Send telemetry data

By default the Draftable application will send telemetry data to us for diagnostic purposes. It is not required to be enabled for the function of Draftable, and this setting controls whether it is enabled or not.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Policies\Draftable\Compare
Value name: SendStatistics
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: <key>

The value <key> can be set to either 1 for enabled, or 0 for disabled.

Word Add-in

You can set whether the Word add-in is enabled, and by extension, to be installed into Microsoft Word for use with Draftable.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: WordVstoAddInEnabled
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: <key>

The value <key> can be set to either 1 for enabled, or 0 for disabled.

Outlook Add-in

You can set whether the Outlook add-in is enabled, and by extension, to be installed into Microsoft Outlook for use with Draftable.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: OutlookVstoAddInEnabledSetting
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: <key>

The value <key> can be set to either 1 for enabled, or 0 for disabled.

General settings

Conversion engine type

You can set the default conversion engine used in Draftable Legal.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Compare
Value name: DocxConversionEngine
Value type: REG_SZ
Value data: <key>

Where the Value data can be set to ‘Internal’ for the Draftable engine or ‘Office’ for the Microsoft Word engine.

Disable the option to send obfuscated documents 

You can set the overall behaviour in Draftable Legal to prevent any obfuscated documents from being sent, which also includes the option to send obfuscated documents in the error message.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Compare
Value name: NeverShareObfuscatedDocuments
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: <key>

The value <key> can be set to either 1 for enabled (do not send obfuscated documents) or 0 for disabled (to allow sending of obfuscated documents).

Enable “Preview” options in the settings menu

You can set the “Preview” settings in Draftable Legal to be enabled, by changing the below setting.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: PreviewSettingsEnabled
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: <key>

The value <key> can be set to either 1 for enabled (Preview settings enabled) or 0 for disabled (Preview settings hidden).

DMS configurations

Enabling/Disabling iManage integration

This registry key is used to set the status of iManage integration to be enabled or disabled by default.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: DmsEnabled
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: <key>

The value <key> can be set to either 1 for enabled, or 0 for disabled.

iManage On-Premises configuration

This registry key is used to set the client id, server URL and communication port for On-Premises iManage configuration.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: ImanageOnPremisesClientId
Value type: REG_SZ
Value data: <client-id-guid>

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: ImanageOnPremisesServerUrl
Value type: REG_SZ
Value data: <https://cloudimanage.com/>

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: ImanageCommunicationPort
Value type: REG_SZ
Value data: <port_number>

The value <client-id-guid> is the value of the client ID for Draftable to be used in iManage.

The value <https://cloudimanage.com/> is the value of the server URL for Draftable to be used in iManage.

The value <port\_number> is the value of the set port number to be used for Draftable communication with iManage.

Enabling/Disabling SharePoint integration

This registry key is used to set the status of SharePoint integration to be enabled or disabled by default.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: SharePointEnabled
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: <key>

The value <key> can be set to either 1 for enabled, or 0 for disabled.

Enabling/Disabling NetDocs integration

This registry key is used to set the status of NetDocs integration to be enabled or disabled by default.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: IsNetDocsEnabled
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: <key>

The value <key> can be set to either 1 for enabled, or 0 for disabled.

Enabling/Disabling iManage Persistent Session

This registry key is used to control whether login details are retained on the end user’s machine. Useful to disable when troubleshooting iManage connection issues between Draftable and iManage.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: ImanagePersistentSessionEnabled
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: <key>

The value <key> can be set to either 1 for enabled, or 0 for disabled. If you are having issues with connections, its recommended you set this key to 0, restart your computer and try iManage connection again (it will prompt you to login). 

Side by side comparison configurations

Header and footer detection

This registry key is used to specify whether header and footer detection is enabled for side by side comparisons.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: HeaderFooterEnabled
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: <key>

The value <key> can be set to either 1 for enabled, or 0 for disabled.

Redline comparison configurations

Redline default profile name

This registry key is used to specify the default Redline profile to be used on Draftable startup.

Key: HKLM:\Software\Policies\Draftable\RedlineProfiles
Value name: DefaultProfileName
Value type: REG_SZ
Value data: <key>

The value <key> is to be set to the exact name of the Redline profile to be loaded, it is case sensitive.

Redline profiles

These registry keys named AdminRedlineProfile is used to specify the Redline profile JSON data to be loaded for Redline profiles, which stipulate the settings to be loaded for Redline comparisons.

The value names are labeled in ascending order from AdminRedlineProfile, AdminRedlineProfile1, AdminRedlineProfile2, and so forth up until AdminRedlineProfile9. This provides 10 total profiles that can be set.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\RedlineProfiles
Value name: AdminRedlineProfiles
Value type: REG_SZ
Value data: <key>

The value data to be entered is a JSON response with all the Redline profile information. You can read more about Redline profiles here.

OCR detection default setting

You can set the default value for OCR detection for documents being compared.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: DefaultOcrOption
Value type: REG_SZ
Value data: <key>

Where the Value data could be either: 

• Auto - Automatically performs OCR when Draftable detects that the document requires OCR.
• Yes - Will always perform an OCR on the document
• No - Never performs an OCR on the document.

OCR detection per comparison setting

You can set the default behavior for OCR setting for comparisons to be shown and settable in the new comparison window for each comparison.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Feature
Value name: OcrSelectorOptionsVisible
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: <key>

Where the Value data could be either 1 for enabled or 0 for disabled. 

Diagnostic configurations

Single instance of Word used during Draftable usage

This registry key is used to set as part of a configuration to only let Draftable use a single instance of word at a time for file conversion. Is is intended as a fix for those using macros within the normal dotm file types for comparisons.

Key: HKCU:\Software\Draftable\Compare
Value name: WordApplicationInstancePolicy
Value type: REG_SZ
Value data: SingleInstance

Setting Value data to “SingleInstance” will enable this feature.