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Char, Skip to line: Use these boxes to enter any channel skip codes in your data
that tell the document to skip to a specific line. Enter the code in the Char box; enter
the line number in the Skip to line box or use the spin buttons to adjust its value. If
you want to use a backslash character (\) as a code, you must precede it with
another backslash character (thus you would enter \\). You can also specify an
ASCII character as a code using its octal value preceded by a backslash (for
example, \041 is the exclamation mark character [!]).
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Go to column: Use this to enter the channel skip code in your data that tells the
document to advance to a specific column. Enter the code in the Char box to the left
of the Go to column label, and use the box on the right of the Go to column label to
set the column number. This is useful when your data contains redundant lines that
were originally created to bold a line on a line printer. By entering a Go to column
value that is greater than the width of the data page, you can remove the second
line by shifting the contents of the second line outside the data page.
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Database. (Nothing to configure.)
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XML.
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Cache XML data: When this option is selected, PlanetPress Watch/Server only
reloads the data if the size or modified date of the XML file changes. When this
option is not selected, the XML data will be reloaded into memory every time that a
plugin works on the data file. Caching the XML data will make subsequent tasks run
faster (as loading an XML file can take a long time) but will also use up more
memory since that memory isn't released in between tasks. For single runs the
performance gain is less noticeable than in loops (either through a splitter, a Loop
task or a metadata filter) where the XML file would be loaded repeatedly.
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PDF. (Nothing to configure.)
On Error Tab
For a description of the options on the On Error tab see "Using the On Error tab" on page57.
Comments Tab
The Comments tab is common to all tasks. It contains a text area (Task comments)that lets
you write comments about the task. These comments are saved when the dialog is closed with
the OKbutton, and are displayed in the Task Comments Pane.
Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in
the Process area.
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