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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
A) This secondary input task receives data that is not structured in the same way as the sample data used to create the
process. B) To tell the following tasks on this branch that the data they will be processing does not use the same
emulation as the one that was specified when the sample data was chosen, a Change Emulation action task is added. C)
This task will use the emulation specified in the task that precedes it to structure the data before performing its search
and replace operation.
Bear in mind that each task’s ability to find data within a data file is based on the predictability of the data
structure. If a task includes a data selection, for instance, the selection’s coordinates will only find the correct
data if the data structure is correct.
The Sample Data File and Debug Mode
When you create a process in your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool Configuration program, you typically use a
data file that is an exact representation of the files that your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool will actually
receive when it runs your configuration. This sample data file should also be large enough to cover a variety of
cases. This data will help you create tasks, make data selections (see below) and debug processes.
Stabilizing the data is a complex procedure in PlanetPress Watch/Server because the data file can be altered
in real-time in the data stream at runtime. PlanetPress Suite Workflow Toosl include debugging tools for this,
including the ability to interactively make data selections from a sample data file as it is being processed by
the tasks you added.
You use a sample data file to represent the data file entering the process at runtime. Since the data file can be
altered by various PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools tasks as it travels through a process, it can be difficult to
make accurate data selections. But when you run your process step by step in Debug mode, you can see the
data changing as it is handed down from task to task. So when you open a task that includes a data selection,
you are able to see the actual data it receives, and the exact data found at the data selection’s coordinates.
Introduction to Data Selections
A data selection could be compared to an address. It indicates a location within a data file using coordinates.
The big difference between street addresses and data selections, is that street addresses almost always have
the same format (civic number, street, city, etc.), while data selections can have various formats based on the
data structure.
Fortunately, the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration program includes a tool called the Data
Selector that helps you make data selections. The Data Selector does two things:
• It uses the current emulation (either the emulation chosen when the sample data file was selected, or
the one chosen in the last Change Emulation action task appearing above the current task) to format
the data.
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