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?in=INV999999 : A GET Variable, specifying that the variable named invoicenum (invoice num-
ber) would have a value of INV999999 , or any other "valid" invoice number.
Process illustration
Task breakdown
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The HTTP Server Input task receives a request through the /getinvoice HTTP Action. Because
this task either returns an HTML page with an error message or a PDF, the MIME type is Auto-
Detect.
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It checks whether the invoice request exists by checking if the size of the file is less than 1kb
using "File Size Condition" on page425. The condition returns "true" if the file is not found:
c:\PlanetPress\archives\pdf\invoices\xmlget('/request[1]/values[1]/invoicenum
[1]',Value,KeepCase,NoTrim).pdf
Here, the xmlget() function grabs the invoicenum variable from the GET request, which would be
INV999999.pdf in the specified folder.
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If the file is not found, then a simple, basic HTML page is created indicating the invoice was not
found. For this, a "Create File" on page297 task will suffice, followed by the "Delete" on page546
output task. As mentioned in "HTTP Server workflow" on page221, deleting the data file only
means you are not doing anything with it locally - it is still returned to the client.
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