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How it works
Although there are many possible scenarios, the standard Capture OnTheGo workflow
generally goes as follows. Note that some of the steps listed below do not involve an exchange
of information between the Capture OnTheGo app and PlanetPress® or PReS® Workflow.
Those steps that do involve communication between PlanetPress® or PReS® Connect and the
App or the Capture OnTheGo Server have been clearly identified.
1. A host system generates a data file. This file can contain data for one or more app users.
The data itself may, for instance, refer to customers (name, address and so forth), or to
customers and ordered items (as would be included in delivery slips).
2. A PlanetPress® or PReS® Workflow process uses a template and the data file to
generate one or more documents (HTML or PDF), based on the information stored in the
data file. It then sends the generated documents to a location monitored by an HTTP
Server input process.
3.
PlanetPress® or PReS® Workflow Makes a Document Available to Capture
OnTheGo Users.
In response, the Output to Capture OnTheGo plugin sends one or more tickets to the
Capture OnTheGo Server. Based on the user's profile, the names of newly available
documents will be added to the list of downloadable documents that is displayed in the
App's Repository when the app connects to the Capture OnTheGo Server.
4.
PlanetPress® or PReS® Workflow Replies to Document Requests from Capture
OnTheGo Users.
An HTTP Server input plugin included in another Workflow process monitors Capture
OnTheGo user requests. When it does receive a document request from a valid user, it
simply replies by sending the requested document. The document is then added to the list
of available documents displayed in the Capture OnTheGo app's Library.
5. Once a Capture OnTheGo app user has opened an HTML form and entered all the
relevant information, he or she taps a button requesting that the information be registered.
The information is then sent back over the internet in the form of XML data. If a connection
is not available via a cell or Wi-Fi connection, the request is cached and sent over the
airwaves whenever a signal becomes available.
6.
PlanetPress® or PReS® Workflow Receives Data from Capture OnTheGo Users.
An HTTP Server input plugin included in yet another process monitors Capture OnTheGo
app user replies. When it receives a reply, it passes the information to whichever plugin is
present in the same process or in other processes, based on whatever needs to be done
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