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Table Of Contents
Note
Typical OL Connect workflows are described in PlanetPress Connect's Online Help; see
Workflow processes in OL Connect projects.
HTTP Server workflow
An HTTP workflow receives requests from a client via a GET or POST request, sometimes only
with information, sometimes with attached files. An HTTP workflow is basically an XML
workflow since that is the type of file created by the HTTP Server Input task. See the "HTTP
Server workflow" on the facing page page for more details.
OL Connect Send processes
Connect Send allows for PostScript files to be received over the internet from any Windows
Desktop application. It is in fact an application with two components. The first is a Windows
printer driver while the other is a group of Workflow plugins (Job Processor, Get Job Data and
Get Data). These two components work together indiscriminately, each needing the other to
function.
OL Connect Send (see "OL Connect Send" on page771) needs one Workflow process to
handle the job transfer, and in licensed mode it needs at least one other process to interact with
the user. Reports about the use of OL Connect Send might be produced in yet another
Workflow process. For examples of these processes see "Workflow processes in a Connect
Send solution" on page332.
PDF workflow
A PDF workflow uses a PDF as its job file and manipulations are generally made in the
Metadata instead of the PDF itself, since PDF files are much larger than most other data files
compatible with PlanetPress Workflow. The Metadata Tools are extensively used in the
example presented, which is a weekly sales report sent to all the sales associates of a
particular company branch. See the "PDF Workflow" on page294 for more details.
PlanetPress Capture workflow (PlanetPress Suite only)
A Capture workflow is divided in two steps: Creating an output of documents containing the
PlanetPress Capture Fields, and retrieving the information from the Anoto Digital Pen to merge
it with the original documents. See "PlanetPress Capture Workflow" on page296 for more
details.
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