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1. In the File menu, click on Open.
2. Browse to the location of the log file you want to open
3. Click on the log file and click Open.
The log file is added, by name, at the end of the list of PlanetPress Workflow services. Clicking on
it opens the log file in the viewer. Right-clicking on the file brings a menu from which the log file
can be refreshed, or removed from the list.
The log viewer for existing log files does not refresh automatically since log files for older days do not
generally change. The display of the sessions, processes and tasks is the same.
Note: The log viewer as described here was introduced in version 7.4 of PlanetPress Workflow.
Though it should be able to open log files from older versions of PlanetPress Workflow, the res-
ults are not guaranteed. Some log files may not display properly in this view.
Task Properties dialog
Any task you add to your PlanetPress Workflow process must be configured using its Properties dia-
log. It appears as soon as you add a task to a process, or when you double-click on a task.
Each task's Properties dialog will give you the options to configure that specific, individual task. Prop-
erties of one task do not directly affect the properties of another task, however there are some software
preferences that may affect tasks in one way or another (see "Preferences" on page638).
Each task has its own set of tabs available, though some tabs are common to most tasks.
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Most tasks have the General tab which lets you configure the main task properties for that spe-
cific task.
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All tasks except for the InputErrorBin, Run Script, Open XLST and Comment tasks have an
On Error tab that lets you manage errors generated by the task. For a description of the options
that it contains, see "Using the On Error tab" on page83.
The error management system (the On error tab and the Error Bin Input task), however, is only
triggered when there is an error within the task functionality - that is, a plugin error. These kinds
of errors are triggered if the plugin cannot communicate with a service, another task, if the plugin
crashes, etc.
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All initial Input tasks have the Other tab which lists Job Infos (see "Job Info variables" on
page239) and lets you back up the job file (see "Job file" on page47).
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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" on page749.
For more information about both common properties and properties that are specific to a certain task,
see "Task properties" on page288.
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