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A) PlanetPress Watch receives each client record as an LPD input. B) The condition set in this node determines whether
PlanetPress Watch sends an email to the client or if it goes to the next node. C) The condition set in this node
determines whether PlanetPress Watch sends a fax to the client or if it prints the statement out on paper. D) This last
task is only performed if both of the above conditions are false.
The following table lists condition types that may be used in PlanetPress Watch/Server processes.
Name Function
File Name
Condition
Compares the original name of the file travelling down the process branch to the name
entered in the condition.
File Size
Condition
The condition compares the size of the file handed down by the previous task to the file
size (256 kilobytes, for instance) entered in the condition.
SNMP
Condition
Checks the state of a printer. The fact that a specific printer may be off-line or out of
paper, for instance, will route the process onto the true or false side of the conditional
branch.
Text
Condition
Searches the file handed down by the previous task for the string entered in the condition.
Various operators, such as ’is found’ or ’is equal to’, may be used.
Time of
Day
Condition
Routes the data file depending on the day and time (based on the local system clock) set
in the condition.
Related topics:
• Configurations and Processes (Page 5)
• The Configuration and its Processes (Page 9)
2.1.8 More on PlanetPress Suite Services
What are services, and what services are available in PlanetPress Suite?
Services are programs that run in the background and automatically perform tasks that often do not require
any user interaction. If a faxing program is installed on your computer, for instance, and if you set it to
receive faxes automatically, then this program sets its own fax reception service to listen to the telephone line
and to automatically answer calls, establish a connection with the distant fax and receive the fax transmission.
Although you can manually start and stop any service running on your computer, most of the basic services
used by the system are started and stopped automatically. In the case of PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
and their related services, you typically use a command included in your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool
Configuration program to start and stop most services. Opening and closing your PlanetPress Suite Workflow
Tool Configuration program has no effect on these services.
Like users, who must identify themselves to log on and use a computer, services must use an account to be
granted the permission to use the system’s resources and objects. This information is included in the service’s
configuration and most services use the ’Local System’ account, which is granted access to all the system’s
resources. A specific user account may be selected to customize permissions. For more information on
services and system permissions, refer to Windows documentation.
The first time you start your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool Configuration program, a dialog box is displayed
to let you select an account. The account you select will be associated with all the services used by
PlanetPress Watch/Server (with the exception of the PlanetPress Suite Messenger service). Note that this
setting may be changed at any time.
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