8.5
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PlanetPress Workflow 8.5
- System Requirements
- 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
- Variable Properties
- Working With Variables
- About Configurations
- About Related Programs and Services
- The Interface
- Copyright Information
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
Comments Tab
The Comments tab is common to all tasks. It contains a single text area (Task comments)that lets you
write comments about the task. These comments are saved when the dialog is closed with the OKbutton,
and are displayed in the Task Comments Pane.
Text Condition
Text conditions can be used to perform two different types of tests:
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To test the presence of a string within the job file. You can, for example, search for the string “Gold
member” on the first line of the job file. As another example, you could search for a variable string
retrieved via a job info variable or a data selection in a given location in the job file.
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To compare two strings. As with the test above, this test can also be used to search for a string in a
given location. The difference with this test is that it gives you comparison options. Using the
“Contains” operator, you can test the presence of the string “Gold member” at a given location in the
job file (using a data selection), but the other operators can be used to test whether or not the first
string is equal to the second one, whether it is equal or lower than the second one, etc.
The logic of text conditions can sometimes be tricky, especially if it includes variable strings, so you should
test it thoroughly.
Properties
General tab
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String: If you want to test the presence of a given string at a given location, enter the string in this box.
If you want to compare two strings or perform a numeric comparison, enter the first string in this box.
Note that you can enter either a static string, a variable or a data selection in this box. If you enter a
variable, PlanetPress Workflow will retrieve the string from the variable before performing the
comparison. If you enter a data selection, PlanetPress Workflow will search the job file and retrieve the
string found at the referenced location before performing the comparison.
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Operator: Select the desired operator. Note that neither the “Is found” nor the “Is not found” operator
can be used to test XML data.
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Convert data to uppercase before comparison: This option is only displayed when either “Is found”
or “Is not found” is selected in the Operator box. Select to prompt PlanetPress Workflow to convert the
string to uppercase before performing the comparison.