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
Changes made to the system time can have adverse effects on the processes managed by PlanetPress Suite Work-
flow Tools. When changing from daylight saving time to standard time, for example, if PlanetPress Suite Workflow
Tools starts a given process at 2:00AM, and if the system time is then taken back to 1:00AM, the application will start
a new instance of the same process when the system time reaches 2:00AM for a second time. So, when you manually
change the system time, be aware that it may have an effect on PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and its processes.
And for those cases when you know the system time will change automatically, you may consider creating special
schedules.
Information Tab
The Information tab lets you enter information that is not critical to your process but may help others (or yourself in the
future)to understand what the process does. It offers two boxes:
l Description: Aone-line box to give a title or short description to your process.
l Comments:A multi-line box to give more detailed information, for example the file format expected, explanation of
the system in general.
View Document Properties
The PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration programs let you view a number of the properties associated with the
PlanetPress Design documents you use, but most of those properties are set in PlanetPress Design and cannot be edited using
the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration program.
The Document name of printer-resident documents can be changed using the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration
program simply because it is initially set using that program.
The properties available via the Printer Settings tab define how documents are printed. They are also set using the PlanetPress
Suite Workflow Tools Configuration program and are retained when documents are assigned to printer queues. They can be
edited by selecting documents within the Documents category, which changes the document’s default printer settings, or
within the Printer Queues category, which changes the document properties on the selected queue .
To view the properties of a document, do one of the following:
l Click any document to display its properties in the Object Inspector.
l Double-click any document to display its properties in the PlanetPress Design Document Options
dialog box.
Document Properties Options
Identification Tab
The information here is read-only and gives you information on the document.
l Document: The file name of the document, as entered in PlanetPress Design. This is the name of the file saved in
PlanetPress Design, or the name you give it when you add a printer-resident document in your PlanetPress Suite Work-
flow Tools Configuration. It may have a PTK extension (if it has been sent to PlanetPress Workflow from PlanetPress
Design), or a PS extension (if it is printer-resident).
l Version: The version of the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools in which the document was originally created. Printer-
resident documents are identified as such.
l Document name: The name of the document as entered in PlanetPress Design. You can enter a name for printer-
resident document here; the name does not have to match the name given it in PlanetPress Design. Since this property
is used in the trigger to identify the document when the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools sends a job to be merged on
a printer, the document name must exactly match the name of the document installed on the printer.
The PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration Program
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