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Task Properties
General tab
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Action group
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Add: Select if you want the task to add content to the job file.
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Remove: Select if you want the task to remove content from the job file.
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Content: Select what the task will actually add or remove. Select Text file to add the
whole content of a text file to the beginning or end of the job file. Select Characters to add
the string of characters entered in the Characters box to the beginning or end of the job
file, or to remove a given number of characters from the beginning or end of the job file.
Select Lines to add the lines of text entered in the Lines box to the beginning or end of the
job file, or to remove a given number of lines from the beginning or end of the job file.
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Position: Select whether you want the task to add or remove content from the beginning
or end of the job file.
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Add CRLF after last line: Select if you want to add a CRLF (carriage return/line feed)
character after the last line of text added to the job file. This option is only available when
you choose to add lines of text to the job file.
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ASCII file: Enter the path and name of the text file to be added to the job file, or use the
Browse button to navigate to this file. This box is only displayed when the Text file option
is selected in the Content box.
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Characters: Enter the string of characters to be added to the job file. This box is only
displayed when the Characters option is selected in the Content box.
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Lines: Enter the lines of text to be added to the job file. This box is only displayed when
the Lines option is selected in the Content box.
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Remove: Enter the number of characters or lines to be removed from the job file. This box
is only displayed when Remove is selected in the Action group and when the Characters
or Lines option is selected in the Content box.
On Error Tab
The On Error tab is common to all tasks. Details can be found in the" Task Properties Dialog"
on page723.
By default, any action task, branch, splitter or condition that generates an error will simply be
ignored, and the task just under it (not within a branch)will be given control of the job file
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