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Password: If account named in the User name box is password protected, enter the
password here.
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Port number: Set to use a specific port number. Note: There is no validation to ensure
the port is available. It is the user's responsibility to ensure the selected port is available
and not being monitored by another application or another PlanetPress Workflow task.
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Directory (optional): Enter the path of the folder to poll on the FTP server. If this box is
left empty, PlanetPress Workflow will poll the root directory.
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Mask: Enter a single file name mask. Multiple entries are not allowed in this box.
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Search in subfolders: Select to search in child folders of the source folder as well.
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include empty files: Check this option to accept empty files.
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Connection mode group
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Active: Select to prompt the ftp client to use the active mode when retrieving files
from the FTP server.
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Passive: Select to prompt the ftp client to use the passive mode when retrieving
files from the FTP server.
"Other" Tab
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Job Information group
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Information elements: Indicates what Job Info variables are automatically created
by the input task.
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Add lines before first data page: Using the arrows keys you can add any job
information directly at the beginning of your data file.
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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 Workflow Tools working folders under
the "Backup" folder.
To navigate quickly to the Workflow working folders, press the keyboard shortcut
CTRL+ALT+Shift+F4 from within the Workflow configuration tool.
The number of days to keep backups of jobs processed by input tasks is set per process;
see "Process properties" on page868.
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Backup filename: Enter the file name that you wish the input data file backup to be saved
under.
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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.
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