8.4
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PlanetPress Workflow 8.4.1
- Basics
- Features
- The Nature of PlanetPress Workflow
- About Branches and Conditions
- Configuration Components
- Connect Resources
- About Data
- About Documents
- Debugging and Error Handling
- The Plug-in Bar
- About Printing
- About Processes and Subprocesses
- Using Scripts
- Special Workflow Types
- About Tasks
- Task Properties
- Working With Variables
- About Configurations
- About Related Programs and Services
- The Interface
- Copyright Information
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
is closed with the OKbutton, and are displayed in The Task Comments Pane.
In-Stream Splitter
In-Stream Splitter action tasks are used to split non-emulated data files into multiple data files that are
passed to subsequent tasks in the process.
Note
Performing the splitting process on raw, non-emulated data speeds up the splitting process.
Properties
General tab
l Split data file on page group: Select to split the data file based on pages (rather than on a word found
within the data stream) and to activate the options from this group, which are used to tailor exactly how
you want the page based splitting process to take place.
l Page breaks on form feed: Select if you want to start a new data page whenever a form feed
character is found.
l Page breaks on a number of lines: Select if you want start a new data page whenever a given
number of lines has been counted. Enter the number of lines in the edit box below or use the
spin buttons.
l Page(s) per output: Select if you want the file generated by the splitter to include multiple data
pages. Enter the number of pages in the edit box below or use the spin buttons.
l Split data file on a word group: Select to split the data file based on a word found within the data
stream (rather than on based on pages) and to activate the options from this group, which are used to
tailor exactly how you want the word based splitting process to take place.
l Word: Enter the word to use as the splitting criteria. In this variable property box, you may enter
static characters, variables, job information elements or any combination of these. You may also
use the Get Data button to get a static string of characters from the sample data file. If you use
this option, the coordinates of the data you will select will be added to the From column and To
column boxes below.
l From column: Enter a value corresponding to the first column in which the splitter must start
searching for the word.
l To column: Enter a value corresponding to the last column in which the splitter must start
searching for the word.