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Table Of Contents
- Other Documentation
- Understanding PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- Key Concepts
- PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- The Origins of PlanetPress Watch
- The Nature of PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- Configurations and Processes
- More on PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and How They Work
- The Configuration and its Processes
- Tasks
- More on PlanetPress Suite Services
- PlanetPress Design and PlanetPress Workflow Tools
- Data
- Data File and Job File
- Job File Names and Output File Names
- Error Handling Tools
- PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and Printing
- The PlanetPress Suite Workflow
- Date and Time Format
- Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express® and MAPI
- Key Concepts
- The PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration Program
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Start the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool Configuration Program
- Choose the Account to be Used by your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool
- Control Access to the Locally Installed Services
- Exit the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool Configuration Program
- Create a New Configuration
- Open a PlanetPress Suite Configuration File
- Reopen a Configuration File
- Add a PlanetPress Suite Process
- Import Processes from Another Configuration File
- Save a Configuration
- Use Online Help
- Rename Objects in the Configuration Components Area
- Expand and Collapse Categories and Groups in the Configuration Components Area
- Cut, Copy and Paste Objects in the Configuration Components Area
- Reorder Objects in the Configuration Components Area
- Group and Ungroup Objects in the Configuration Components Area
- Delete Objects and Groups from the Configuration Components Area
- Undo a Command
- Redo a Command
- View Document Properties
- Edit Properties in the Object Inspector
- Select a Process
- Resize Rows and Columns of the PlanetPress Suite Process Area
- Zoom In or Out within the PlanetPress Suite Process Area
- Highlight a Task or Branch
- Resize the Program Window Areas
- Show or Hide Areas of the Program Window
- Dock and Undock Areas of the Program Window
- Combine and Attach Areas
- Configurations, Processes and Tasks
- Configuration Management
- Opening and Importing Configurations and Processes
- Users and Configurations
- Anatomy of a Process
- Configurations, Processes and Flowcharts
- Design Versus Debug Mode
- Tasks as Plugins
- Task Properties Dialog Boxes
- Variable Properties
- Standard Variables
- Job Information Elements and Job Info Variables
- Custom Variables
- Selecting Documents in Tasks
- Sending Job Info Variables to Output Devices
- Working with Tasks in the PlanetPress Process Area
- Adding Branches
- Detailed Directions
- Adding Tasks
- Editing Tasks or Branches
- Adding Comments
- Replacing Tasks, Conditions, Branches or Comments
- Removing Tasks and Branches
- Cutting and Pasting, or Copying and Pasting Tasks and Branches
- Moving Tasks, Branches and Comments Using Drag-and-Drop
- Duplicating Tasks, Branches and Comments Using Drag-and-Drop
- Copying and Pasting Properties between Task, Conditions or Comments
- Disabling and Enabling Tasks and Branches
- Data in PlanetPress Watch
- Input Tasks
- Detailed Directions
- Email Input Task Properties
- Folder Listing Input Task Properties
- Folder Capture Input Task Properties
- FTP Input Task Properties
- HTTP Client Input Task Properties
- HTTP Server Input Task Properties
- Create File Input Task Properties
- LPD Input Task Properties
- Serial Input Task Properties
- Telnet Input Task Properties
- WinQueue Input Task Properties
- Detailed Directions
- Output Tasks
- PlanetPress Fax
- PlanetPress Image
- Action Tasks
- Detailed Directions
- Advanced Search and Replace Action Task Properties
- Database Action Task Properties
- PrintForm Action Task Properties
- PrintShop Mail Action Task Properties
- Rename Action Task Property
- Run Script Action Task Properties
- Search and Replace Action Task Properties
- Send Images to Printer Action Task Properties
- Send to Folder Action Task Properties
- Set Variables Action Task Properties
- Standard Filter Action Task Properties
- Translator Action Task Properties
- Windows Print Converter Action Task Properties
- Create Metadata Action Task Properties
- Create PDF Action Task Properties
- In-Stream Splitter Action Task Properties
- Load External File Action Properties
- PDF Splitter Action Task Properties
- Send to Process Action Task Properties
- Emulated Data Splitter Action Task Properties
- XML Splitter Action Task Properties
- Database Splitter Action Task Properties
- Generic Splitter Action Task Properties
- Add Document Action Properties
- Add/Remove Text Action Properties
- Change Emulation Action Task Properties
- Create VDX Action Task Properties
- Decompress Action Task Properties
- Digital Imaging Action Task Properties
- Digital Signature Action Task Properties
- Download to Printer Action Task Properties
- External Program Action Task Properties
- Loop Action Task Properties
- Open XSLT Action Task Properties
- Detailed Directions
- Using Conditions
- Using Scripts
- Printer Queues and Documents
- Detailed Directions
- LPR Output Printer Queue Properties
- Windows Output Printer Queue Properties
- FTP Output Printer Queue Properties
- Send to Folder Printer Queue Properties
- Printer Queue Advanced Properties
- Import Documents
- Import PrintShop Mail Documents
- Add Resident Documents in the Configuration Components Area
- Associate Documents and PlanetPress Watch Printer Queues
- Print a Test Page
- Manually Update Documents
- Detailed Directions
- Scheduling PlanetPress Watch Processes
- Advanced Configurations and Options
- Key Concepts
- Service Options Versus Properties
- Languages
- Detailed Directions
- Delete Images From Your Virtual Drive
- Editor Options
- LPR Output User Options
- Network Ports Settings
- Change Languages
- Change your User Options
- Change your Script Editor or XSLT Editor User Options
- General User Options
- Object Inspector User Options
- Configuration Components Area User Options
- Default Configuration User Options
- Notification Messages User Options
- Sample Data User Options
- Logging User Options
- Network User Options
- HTTP Server Input User Options
- LPD Input User Options
- Serial Input Service User Options
- Telnet Input User Options
- FTP Output Service User Options
- Error Handling
- Debugging PlanetPress Watch Processes
- Sending and Running a Configuration
• Add or Edit Data Selections (Page 123)
• Get Data (Page 124)
5.2.2 Choose a Line Printer, CSV, ASCII, Channel Skip or XML Sample Data File
The procedure below describes how to choose a Line Printer, CSV, ASCII, Channel Skip or XML type sample
data file for a given process. To choose a database type sample data file, refer to Choose a Database Type
Sample Data File (Page 120).
The Data Selector lets you select a sample data file, as well as set the data related options. Bear in mind that
in the course of the creation and testing of a given process, you may need to use different sample data files.
The sample data file you associate with a given process typically has the same structure as the one used to
create the PlanetPress Design documents to which it will be sending data. The data related options should also
be the same as those used in PlanetPress Design. At any rate, the emulation and options you choose must
correspond to the content and structure of the data that the process’ initial input task will be receiving.
For more information on the available emulations and options, refer to PlanetPress Design documentation.
To choose a Line Printer, CSV, ASCII, Channel Skip or XML type sample data file:
1. Select the process with which you want to associate the sample data file.
2. Choose Debug | Sample Data File | Select.
The Data Selector opens.
3. Click (this button should appear to the right of the Sample data file box—if a different button is
displayed, choose a different option in the Emulation box) to open the Select a sample data file dialog
box and navigate to a Line Printer, CSV, ASCII, Channel Skip or XML sample data file. Once you have
made your selection, click OK to close the Select a sample data file dialog box.
As the selected sample data file opens, the data related options displayed in the Data Selector change
to the default settings associated with the data type detected by the PlanetPress Watch/Server
Configuration program.
4. Change the data related settings as required. Refer to the settings used to create the document to which
the process’ output tasks will be sending data. Remember that if the selected process will be sending
data to multiple documents created using sample data files that do not have the same structure, you
will have to proceed step by step, choosing a different sample data file for each “document type“. For
more information on the various emulations and data related settings, refer to PlanetPress Design
documentation.
Related topics:
• Use the Data Selector (Page 117)
• Choose a Database Type Sample Data File (Page 120)
• Reopen a Sample Data File (Page 122)
• Add or Edit Data Selections (Page 123)
• Get Data (Page 124)
5.2.3 Choose a Database Type Sample Data File
The procedure below describes how to choose a Database type sample data file for a given process. To choose
a Line Printer, CSV, ASCII, Channel Skip or XML type sample data file, refer to Choose a Line Printer, CSV,
ASCII, Channel Skip or XML Sample Data File (Page 120).
The Data Selector lets you select a sample data file, as well as set the data related options. Bear in mind that
in the course of the creation and testing of a given process, you may need to use different sample data files.
The sample data files you associate with each process should have the same structure as those used to create
the PlanetPress Design documents to which its output tasks will be sending data. The data related options
should also typically be the same as those used in PlanetPress Design (for more information on these options,
such as the emulation options, refer to PlanetPress Design documentation).
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