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
Variable Name Description
Example Usage (VBScript)
Example Usage: Watch.setjobinfo 9, "String"
"Watch.SetVariable" on page 99 Writes the value of a string to a local or global variable by name.
Example Usage: Watch.setvariable "global.GlobalVar", "Hello World!"
"Watch.Sleep" on page 102 Pauses all processing for X milliseconds.
Example Usage: Watch.sleep(1000)
"Watch.ExecuteExternalProgram"
on the next page
Calls and executes an external program in the command line.
Example Usage: Watch.executeexternalprogram "del *.ps" "c:\" 0 true
"Script.ReturnValue" on page
103
Returns a boolean True or False value to a Workflow scripted
condition
Example Usage:
Script.returnvalue = 1
Watch.GetPDFEditObject Is used to manipulate PDF files using the AlambicEdit API.
See the AlambicEdit API for more information.
Watch.ShowMessage
Displays a message to the user. This method is the same as PW_ShowMessage. Use this method to show
the current message displayed whether or not a user is logged in. Note that for this method to work, the "Run
on Desktop"option must be enabled and you must be logged on as the same user as the PlanetPress
Watch Service.