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
l Close: Closes the configuration that is currently opened and creates a new configuration, with a single
example process and no printer queues. Closing the current configuration is the same as creating a
new one.
l Recent Documents: Displays a list of the 9 most recently opened configuration files. Click on any of
them to open it.
l Select Language: Click to display the language selection dialog, which changes PlanetPress
Workflow interface language. See " Change the Interface Language" on page 494.
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Preferences: Displays the Options dialog. See "Preferences" on page 547.
l Exit: Closes PlanetPress Workflow. See " Exit PlanetPress Workflow Configuration Program" on page
480.
When using the New, Open, Close, Recent Documents and Exit menu options, if your current
configuration has not been saved after modifications, a dialog will open asking if you want to save, not save,
or cancel the action and return to the current configuration.
The Configuration Components Pane
The Configuration Components pane displays processes, subprocesses, variables, documents and
printer queues. It also lets you add any of these components using the right-click menu.
Components Area Sections
l Processes:Displays a list of processes in your configuration. Right-click on a process to access a
drop-down menu that offers these choices:
l Insert Process:Inserts a new process with a default input and output task.
l Insert Startup Process:Inserts a new process as a Startup Process. This option is only
available if there is no existing startup process in your configuration.
l Insert Local Variable:Inserts a new local variable.
l Cut, Copy, Paste:Controls the clipboard.
l Delete: Deletes the process from the configuration.
l Rename: Renames the process.
l Active: Triggers whether the process is active (runs in service mode)or inactive (does not run in
service mode). Inactive processes never trigger their input task or any other tasks.
l Startup: Triggers whether the process is a startup process (runs before any other process). This
option is only available if there is no existing startup process in your configuration.
l Group, Ungroup: Triggers grouping functionality.
l Properties...: Displays the process' properties, for scheduling and error handling.