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l Input folder: Enter the path of the folder that contains the files you want listed.
l Sorted by: Select either Name or Modified date, depending on how you want the list top be sorted.
l File mask: Edit the default filename mask (*.*) if you want only some of the files present in the folder to appear in the
list.
l List files in sub-directories also: Select this option if you want the task to list any files present in subfolders of the
selected input folder.
"Other" Tab
l Job Information group
l Information elements:indicates what job infos are automatically created by the input task.
l Add lines before first data page:Using the arrows keys you can add any job information directly at the
beginning of your data file.
l Backup input files:Check this to save a copy of each data file that is captured by your input. These files are saved in
the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools working folders under the "Backup"folder.
l Backup filename:Enter the filename that you wish the input data file backup to be saved under.
l Delete Existing Metadata:Check to remove any metadata from memory. This option is disabled on initial input
tasks, and is checked by default on secondary input tasks.
Job Information definitions
l %1- Folder:Contains the full path of the base folder from which the files are listed.
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.
Common Errors
Though some error messages are specific to a task in particular, others may apply to any and all tasks because they are
related more to the system than to PlanetPress itself. Some examples would be W3813, W3830, W3991, W4005. These cor-
respond to issues such as not having any space to write files, permission errors on folders or files, etc.
FTP Input
FTP input tasks retrieve files from FTP sites using the FTP protocol. Masks are typically used to select multiple files to be
retrieved from the server.
Input
FTPInput connects to the specified FTPserver and path, and retrieves all files corresponding to the specified mask. These
files may be of any format, even formats that are not readable by PlanetPress Workflow.
Processing
Each file capture by the input is sent down through the process, one at a time. When the file is finished, the process goes back
to the input which feeds another file down, as long as there are files in the queue. Once all the files are gone, the task polls the
FTPfolder again to see if new files are present and, if so, the process continues with these files. Otherwise, the process ends.