7.6

General Tab
l Zip file name: Enter the name of the zipped file. In this variable property box, you may enter static characters, var-
iables, job information elements, data selections, or any combination of these.
l Output folder: Enter the name of the folder in which you want the decompressed files to be stored.
l File mask: Enter a file name mask to specify which files must be decompressed. Leave the default value of *.* to
decompress all the files found within the zip.
l Password: Enter a password if the zip file is password protected.
l Restore path structure: Select if you want the complete file structure to be rebuilt from the output folder to the
decompressed files.
l Force directories: Select if you want to allow the system to create new folders when required. If this option is not
select and the Decompress action task tries to save a file to a folder that does not exist, the task will fail.
l Overwrite existing files: Select if you want decompressed files that have the same name as existing files to over-
write the existing files.
On Error Tab
The On Error Tab is common to all tasks. Details can be found on Task Properties Dialog.
If storing the message or ID, if they are store in a jobinfo they will be available in any error handling process where errors are
being forwarded. In all cases, if your process continues after the error, the contents of the variables selected in this window
will be available for the rest of your process, or whenever they are overwritten.
Digital Action
Digital Action action tasks use PlanetPress Image to generate the same types of documents generated by PlanetPress Image
output tasks. Since Digital Action tasks are not output tasks, the documents they create are typically passed on to the following
task. The image files they generate are always saved, along with their index files (if any), to an archive folder.
The Digital Action task requires a PlanetPress Imaging license to be present on the same IPSubnet as PlanetPress
Workflow, either on the same server or a different one with PlanetPress Image installed and activated.
The properties of the Digital Action Action Task are precisely the same as the PlanetPress Image Connector Task. See Plan-
etPress Image to see a list of these properties.
Differences between Digital Action and Image tasks:
l Digital Action is an Action Task and cannot be the last task in a branch or process. Image is an output task, and has to
be placed at the end of a process or branch.
l In PlanetPress Workflow 7.2.4 and older, Digital Action does not update the PlanetPress Search Database, even if a
PDIis generated and even if the option is checked in the preferences. This behavior was changed starting in Plan-
etPress Workflow 7.3.
l Digital Action can accept PostScript (.ps)files as an input, even if they are not generated by any PlanetPress tools.
Download to Printer
Download to Printer action tasks are used to warn printers that the files that will be sent to them are to be stored to a specific
location rather than printed. Note that each Download to Printer action task must be followed by a Printer Queue output task
set to "passthrough", in order for it to be sent to the printer and not merged with a document.
You can use Download to Printer action tasks to send various types of files, such as attachments, documents and fonts that are
used in PlanetPress Design documents that are executed directly on the printers.