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Task properties
General Tab
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FTP Server: Enter the IP address or host name of the FTP server to poll.
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User name: Enter the name of a user account on the FTP server.
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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 mon-
itored 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724.
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