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Related topics:

• Use the Data Selector (Page 117)

• Choose a Line Printer, CSV, ASCII, Channel Skip or XML Sample Data File (Page 120)

• Choose a Database Type Sample Data File (Page 120)

• Reopen a Sample Data File (Page 122)

• Get Data (Page 124)

5.2.6 Get Data

The Get data command can be used to copy data from the sample data file to any edit box (any box that you

can use to manually enter information within a dialog box). This command does not provide any kind of

dynamic reference to the actual data that PlanetPress Watch/Server will be processing at runtime.

To use the Get Data command, you must have chosen a sample data file for the selected process.

To get data:

1. Add or edit any task that uses variable properties.

2. Right-click anywhere in an edit box and choose Get Data from the pop-up menu

The Data Selector appears.

3. To see the data from a different page, use the Data page spin buttons.

4. In the Data Pane, click the beginning of the data you want and drag the cursor to include all the

information. You may select multiple lines.

The references of the selected data are indicated in the From line, To line, From column and To

column boxes.

5. Set the case properties.

Keep case: Select to keep characters in their original casing.

To uppercase: Select to convert all the characters to uppercase.

To lowercase: Select to convert all the characters to lower-case.

6. Click OK.

The Data Selector is closed and the selected data is added to the edit box. If multiple lines were

selected and the edit box is not multiline, the lines of data are concatenated into a single line.