Specifications

1. Create a Variable Set.
2. Define the variables to be used based on your XML/JDF Job Ticket.
3. Edit a preflight profile and locate a check to use a variable.
4. Enable Variable Names under the “Action” for that preflight check.
5. Select the correct variable name to be used for that check from the required variable set.
6. Save your changes.
7. Add the Preflight Profile and required Variable Set to a hot folder set-up.
8. Run files (PDF+XML/JDF) through the hot folder set-up.
The following sections will go into more detail about each step.
Creating a Variable Set
A variable set contains all your Smart Preflight variables that can be used within your preflight
profiles. You can create more than one Variable Set and each set can have multiple variables
defined. However, you can only run one "active" variable set at a time per PitStop Server workflow.
It is recommended that you keep all your variables within one Variable Set however this is not a
restriction, just a recommendation.
To create a Variable Set click on the Windows menu from the main PitStop Server Window and
select Variable Sets... or use the shortcut keys ctrl + Alt + V on Windows OS and Option + Command
+ V on Mas OS. This will bring up the Variable Set Panel. This panel will display all the installed
Variable Sets as well as any local Variable Sets that have been defined.
With the Variable Set Panel open, select the Action drop-down menu, and New" from the sub-menu.
This will open the Enfocus Variable Set Editor dialog using which you can create and open a new
Variable Set that will be saved to your "Local" PitStop Server folder.
Creating a Smart Preflight Variable Set
Once in the Enfocus Variable Set Editor, you can name your variable set.
To add a new variable to a new list or existing list click the + button in the lower left of the Enfocus
Variable Set Editor dialog box. Click the - button to remove a variable from the list and click the
++ button to duplicate a selected variable.
Click this button to test or verify current variables.
Creating a Smart Preflight Variable
After you create a new variable by clicking the + button, you can name it by typing a name in the
Name textbox.
Note: Be sure to name the variable something easily recognizable, for example, the check it is
intended for or if you plan on using it with PitStop Server and an XML/JDF data, the name may
reflect that field. The User Readable Name is there in case the variable name is a data field for
use in PitStop Server and you also need a user readable name.
As described earlier in this chapter, there are two different types of variables that can be created
- "Constant" and "Rule Based". Each type of variable needs to have a variable "Type" defined. It
is important that the variable type matches the preflight check setting it's intended for. When
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