7.1
Table Of Contents
- Copyright Information
- Table of Contents
- Overview
- Getting Started
- Understanding PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- The Nature of PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- The Three Flavors of the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- Terms and Definitions
- About Configurations
- About Processes
- About Subprocesses
- About Tasks
- About Branches and Conditions
- About Data
- About Data Selections
- About Data Emulation
- About Related Programs and Services
- About Documents
- About Printing
- The PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration Program
- Start the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration Program
- The PlanetPress Suite Button
- Create a New Configuration
- Open a PlanetPress Suite Configuration File
- Saving and Sending a Configuration
- Save your Configuration
- Send your Configuration
- Import Processes from Another Configuration File
- Import Documents
- Import PrintShop Mail Documents
- Change the Interface Language
- Exit the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration Program
- The Quick Access Toolbar
- The PlanetPress Suite Ribbon
- The Configuration Components Pane
- Using the Clipboard and Drag & Drop
- Add a PlanetPress Suite Process
- Activate or Deactivate a Process
- Access Process Properties
- View Document Properties
- Convert a Branch to a Subprocess
- Add Resident Documents in the Configuration Components Pane
- Associate Documents and PlanetPress Watch Printer Queues
- Rename Objects in the Configuration Components Pane
- Reorder Objects in the Configuration Components Pane
- Grouping Configuration Components
- Expand and Collapse Categories and Groups in the Configuration Components Pane
- Delete Objects and Groups from the Configuration Components Pane
- The Process Area
- Zoom In or Out within Process Area
- Adding Tasks
- Adding Branches
- Edit a Task
- Replacing Tasks, Conditions or Branches
- Remove Tasks or Branches
- Task Properties Dialog
- Cutting, Copying and Pasting Tasks and Branches
- Moving a Task or Branch Using Drag-and-Drop
- Ignoring Tasks and Branches
- Resize Rows and Columns of the Process Area
- Selecting Documents in Tasks
- Highlight a Task or Branch
- Undo a Command
- Redo a Command
- The Plug-in Bar
- The Object Inspector Pane
- The Debug Information Pane
- The Message Area Pane
- Customizing the Program Window
- Preferences
- General User Options
- Object Inspector User Options
- Configuration Components Pane User Options
- Default Configuration User Options
- Notification Messages Preferences
- Sample Data User Options
- Network User Options
- Logging User Options
- Messenger User Options
- HTTP Server Input User Options
- LPD Input Preferences
- Serial Input Service User Options
- Telnet Input User Options
- PlanetPress Fax User Options
- FTP Output Service User Options
- PlanetPress Image User Options
- LPR Output User Options
- PrintShop Web Connect Service User Options
- Editor Options
- Advanced SQL Statement dialog
- PlanetPress Suite Access Manager
- Add or Delete Document Instances
- Virtual Drive Manager
- Working With Variables
- Data in PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- Task Properties Reference
- Input Tasks
- Initial and Secondary Input Tasks
- Create File Input Task Properties
- Folder Capture Input Task Properties
- Folder Listing Input Task Properties
- Concatenate PDF Files Input Task Properties
- Email Input Task Properties
- Error Bin Input Task Properties
- FTP Input Task Properties
- HTTP Client Input Task Properties
- WinQueue Input Task Properties
- HTTP Server Input Task Properties
- LPD Input Task Properties
- Serial Input Task Properties
- PrintShop Web Connect Input Task Properties
- Telnet Input Task Properties
- SOAP Input Task Properties
- Action Tasks
- Add Document Action Properties
- Add/Remove Text Action Properties
- Search and Replace Action Task Properties
- Advanced Search and Replace Action Task Properties
- Create PDF Action Task Properties
- Digital Action Task Properties
- Decompress Action Task Properties
- Change Emulation Action Task Properties
- External Program Action Task Properties
- Download to Printer Action Task Properties
- Load External File Action Properties
- Rename Action Task Property
- Set Job Infos and Variables Action Task Properties
- Windows Print Converter Action Task Properties
- Standard Filter Action Task Properties
- Translator Action Task Properties
- PlanetPress Database Action Task Properties
- XSLT Editor Action Task Properties
- Send Images to Printer Action Task Properties
- Send to Folder Action Task Properties
- Run Script Action Task Properties
- Microsoft® Word® To PDF Action Task Properties
- Create MRDX Action Task Properties
- PrintShop Mail Action Task Properties
- Process Logic Tasks
- Branch Properties
- Comment Properties
- Conditions
- File Name Condition Properties
- File Size Condition Properties
- SNMP Condition Properties
- Text Condition Properties
- Time of Day Condition
- Splitters
- About Using Emulations with Splitters
- Database Splitter Action Task Properties
- Emulated Data Splitter Action Task Properties
- In-Stream Splitter Action Task Properties
- PDF Splitter Action Task Properties
- XML Splitter Action Task Properties
- Generic Splitter Action Task Properties
- Loop Action Task Properties
- Send to Process Task Properties
- Metadata Tasks
- Barcode Scan Action Task Properties
- Create Metadata Action Task Properties
- Embed/Extract PlanetPress Suite Metadata
- Lookup in Microsoft® Excel® Documents Action Task Properties
- Metadata Fields Management Task Properties
- Metadata Filter Action Task Properties
- Metadata Level Creation Action Task Properties
- Metadata Sequencer Action Task Properties
- Metadata Sorter Task Properties
- Metadata-Based N-Up Task Properties
- Rule Interface
- Output Tasks
- Delete Output Task Properties
- FTP Output Task Properties
- Laserfiche Repository Output Task Properties
- Printer Queue Output Task Properties
- Print Using a Windows Driver Output Task Properties
- SOAP Client Task Properties
- Send Email Output Task Properties
- Send to Folder Output Task Properties
- About PlanetPress Fax
- PlanetPress Fax Output Task Properties
- About PlanetPress Image
- PlanetPress Image Output Task Properties
- Overview of the PDF/A and PDF/X Standards
- Variable Properties
- Unknown Tasks
- Masks
- Input Tasks
- Printer Queues and Documents
- PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Printer Queues
- Printer Queue Advanced Properties
- Windows Output Printer Queue Properties
- LPR Output Printer Queue Properties
- FTP Output Printer Queue Properties
- Send to Folder Printer Queue Properties
- PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and PlanetPress Design Documents
- Variable Content Document File Formats: PTZ, PTK and PS
- PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and Printshop Mail Documents
- Load Balancing
- Location of Documents and Resources
- Debugging PlanetPress Suite Processes
- Error Handling
- Using Scripts
- Index
Emulations in the PlanetPress Workflow Tools:
l Line Printer
l ASCII
l CSV
l Channel Skip
l Database
l XML
l PDF
PDFEmulation, also called Document Input, is only available in PlanetPress Production and PlanetPress Office. If used
in PlanetPress Watch, it will cause a watermark to appear in any output.
For more information about each emulation and how to use them, please consult the PlanetPress Design User Guide.
About Related Programs and Services
Services are programs that run in the background and automatically perform tasks that often do not require any user inter-
action. With the exception of PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration, all the programs used by PlanetPress Suite
Workflow Tools are run as service applications. PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools can thus use them as required without the
need for any user interaction.
Although you can manually start and stop any service running on your computer, most of the basic services used by the sys-
tem are started and stopped automatically. In the case of PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and their related services, you typ-
ically use a command included in your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration program to start and stop most
services. Opening and closing your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration program has no effect on these services.
Available Input Services
Input services are used to pull in data files. The input services used by PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools are:
l LPD (Line Printer Daemon) Input service: Inputs data sent from an LPR client. The LPD/LPR printing protocol
is a common way to send print jobs that, in turn, use the TCP/IP protocol to communicate through the network.
l PrintShop Mail Web Capture service: Monitors print requests from a PrintShop Web server.
l Serial Input service: Monitors a single serial port for incoming data. Note that all Serial input tasks use the same
serial port (set in the user options of the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration program).
l Telnet Input service: Monitors multiple telnet ports for incoming data. Note that each Telnet input task has its own
telnet port number (set in each task).
l HTTP/SOAP Server service: Monitors web pages and web sites as well as SOAP servers.
Available Output Services
Output services are used to output jobs. The output services used by PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools are:
l FTP Output service: Places output jobs on a server via the FTP protocol.
l LPR (Line Printer Requester) Output service: Sends jobs to an LPD server or LPD compatible printers. The
LPD/LPR printing protocol is a common way to send print jobs that, in turn, use the TCP/IP protocol to communicate
through the network.
l PlanetPress Image: Outputs jobs as PDF files or in a variety of image formats. You can also use PlanetPress Image
to archive and/or email the files it creates. You can use PlanetPress Search to search the PDF files PlanetPress Image
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