2019.1
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PlanetPress Connect 2019.1
- Setup And Configuration
- System and Hardware Considerations
- Installation and Activation
- Where to obtain the installers
- Installation - important information
- Installation - How to guides
- Activation
- Installation Prerequisites
- User accounts and security
- Upgrading from previous Connect Versions
- Installing PlanetPress Connect on Machines without Internet Access
- Installation Wizard
- Running Connect installer in Silent Mode
- Activating a License
- Migrating to a new workstation
- Information about PlanetPress Workflow
- Upgrading from PlanetPress Suite 6/7
- Preferences
- Server Configuration Settings
- Connect: a peek under the hood
- Known Issues
- The OL Connect 2019.1 license update does not cater for existing AFP input li...
- Page break changes in 2019.1
- Progress bar pausing during 2019.1 Content Creation
- Backend database might require periodic maintenance
- Windows 10 Search service impacting Connect
- Job Creation Presets: External Sorting change introduced in 2018.2
- Engine Preferences: Backward Compatibility Issues introduced in 2018.2
- Business Graphics: Backward Compatibility Issues introduced in 2018.1
- Known Font issues
- Minor differences in PCL output introduced in 2018.1
- Windows Server 2016 issue
- Limit of 100MB of image files within a single job
- Print Output: Booklet Impositioning changes introduced in 2018.1
- Issues with Microsoft Edge browser
- Installation Paths with Multi-Byte Characters
- Switching Languages
- GoDaddy Certificates
- MySQL Compatibility
- PostScript print presets
- Available Printer Models
- External Resources in Connect
- Using Capture After Installing Workflow 8
- Capturing Spool Files After Installing Workflow 8
- Color Model in Style Sheets
- Image Preview in Designer
- Merge/Weaver Engines when Printing
- REST Calls for Remote Services
- Print Content and Email Content in PlanetPress Workflow
- Print Limitations when the Output Server is located on a different machine
- VIPP Output
- Uninstalling
- General information
- OL Connect projects
- The DataMapper
- DataMapper basics
- Data mapping configurations
- Data mapping workflow
- The Data Model
- DataMapper User Interface
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Menus
- Panes
- Example
- Example
- Settings for location-based fields in a Text file
- Settings for location-based fields in a PDF File
- Settings for location-based fields in CSV and Database files
- Settings for location-based fields in an XML File
- Text and PDF Files
- CSV and Database Files
- XML File
- Text and PDF Files
- CSV and Database Files
- XML Files
- Left operand, Right operand
- Condition
- Operators
- Text file
- PDF File
- CSV File
- XML File
- JavaScript
- Toolbar
- Welcome Screen
- DataMapper Scripts API
- The Designer
- Designer basics
- Web
- Capture OnTheGo
- COTG Forms
- Creating a COTG Form
- Filling a COTG template
- Testing the template
- Sending the template to the Workflow tool
- Using COTG data in a template
- Designing a COTG Template
- Capture OnTheGo template wizards
- Using Foundation
- COTG Elements
- Using COTG Elements
- Testing a Capture OnTheGo Template
- Using the COTG plugin: cotg-2.0.0.js
- Dynamically adding COTG widgets
- Saving and restoring custom data and widgets
- Capture OnTheGo API
- Content elements
- Snippets
- Styling and formatting
- Personalizing content
- Writing your own scripts
- Translating templates
- Designer User Interface
- Australia Post 4 State Settings
- Codabar Settings
- Code 128 Settings
- Code 39 Settings
- Datamatrix Settings
- EAN-128 Settings
- EAN-13 Settings
- EAN-8 Settings
- Interleaved 2 of 5 Settings
- KIX Code (Dutch Post) Settings
- Japan Post Settings
- PDF417 Settings
- QR Code Settings
- Royal Mail 4 State Settings
- Royal Mail 2D Settings
- UPC-A Settings
- UPC-E Settings
- US Postal Service IMB Settings
- US Postal Service IMPB Settings
- Designer Script API
- Standard Script API
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Examples
- Creating a table of contents
- Example
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Replace elements with a snippet
- Replace elements with a set of snippets
- Example
- Example
- Creating a Date object from a string
- Control Script API
- Examples
- Post Pagination Script API
- Setting the margins of a Print section
- Setting the header and footer of a Master Page
- Designer Script API
- Generating output
- Print output
- Email output
- Web output
- Generating Print output
- Generating Print output from the Designer
- Generating Print output from Workflow
- Print settings in a template
- Aborting content creation
- Print Using Standard Print Output Settings
- Print Using Advanced Printer Wizard
- Adding print output models to the Print Wizard
- Splitting printing into more than one file
- Print output variables
- Generating Fax output
- Generating Tags for Image Output
- Generating Email output
- Generating Web output
- Optimizing a template
- License Update Required for Upgrade to Connect 2019.1
- Overview
- OL Connect 2019.1 Enhancements
- Connect 2019.1 Designer Updates
- Connect 2019.1 DataMapping Updates
- Connect 2019.1 Output updates
- Print Wizard and Preset Wizard Improvements
- Workflow 2019.1 Updates
- Known Issues
- Previous Releases
- Overview
- Connect 2018.2.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2019.1 Enhancements
- Connect 2019.1 Designer Updates
- Connect 2019.1 DataMapping Updates
- Connect 2019.1 Server Enhancements
- Connect 2019.1 Output updates
- Print Wizard and Preset Wizard Improvements
- Workflow 2019.1 Updates
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 2018.1.6 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.5 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.4 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.3 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.2 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 General Enhancements
- Connect 2018.1 Designer Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 DataMapping Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 Output Enhancements/Fixes
- Workflow 2018.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.8 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Performance Related Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 DataMapping Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Capture OnTheGo (COTG) Enhancements and Fixes
- Workflow 8.8 Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.7.1 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.7.1 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.7.1 DataMapping Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.7.1 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Workflow 8.7 Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- OL Connect Send
- Connect 1.6.1 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.6.1 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.6.1 DataMapping Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.6.1 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect Workflow 8.6 Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.5 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.5 DataMapping Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.5 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.5 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 8.5 Workflow Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.4.2 Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.4.1 New Features and Enhancements
- Connect 1.4.1 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.4.1 DataMapping Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.4.1 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 8.4.1 Workflow Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Knowledge Base
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
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Validate All Records: Runs the process on all records and verifies that no errors are
present in any of the records. Errors are displayed in the Messages pane ("Messages
pane" on page324).
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Add Data Sample: Displays a dialog to open a new Data Source to add it as a Data
Sample in the data mapping configuration. Data Samples are visible in the Settings pane
("Settings pane" on page325).
Welcome Screen
The Welcome Screen appears when first starting up PlanetPress Connect. It offers some
useful shortcuts to resources and to recent documents and data mapping configurations.
If you are new to PlanetPress Connect and you don't know where to start, see "Welcome to
PlanetPress Connect 2019.1" on page18.
The Welcome Screen can be reopened in two ways:
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The Welcome Screen button in the "Toolbars" on page1018.
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From the Menus in Help, Welcome Screen.
To go back from the Welcome Screen to the template or data mapping configuration that you
were working on:
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Contents
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Resources
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Documentation: Opens this documentation.
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Training: Opens Learn: the Objectif Lune e-Learning Center, with its tutorials,
forum, and how-tos.
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Support: Opens the support page in the PlanetPress Connect website.
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Licenses & Activations: Opens the Objectif Lune Web Activation Manager.
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License: Shows your current license's details.
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Website: Opens the PlanetPress Connect website.
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