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Comments Tab
The Comments tab is common to all tasks. It contains a text area (Task comments)that lets
you write comments about the task. These comments are saved when the dialog is closed with
the OKbutton, and are displayed in the Task Comments Pane.
Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in
the Process area.
Output Tasks
Output tasks are exits from PlanetPress Workflow processes. They can be used to send data to
specific devices, such as printers, applications, such as email software, or locations, such as
folders. A single process can include multiple branches, each one terminated by an output task,
and so a single process may generate output via a variety of output tasks.
Typically, whenever PlanetPress Workflow sends an output task to an output device,
application or location, it considers its job finished. When it sends data to a printer, for example,
it does not wait for the document to have finished printing to consider its job done. In the same
fashion, an email output task is completed once PlanetPress Workflow has sent its message to
the email software, not when the email has actually been sent from the software. And in the
case of a PlanetPress Image output task, PlanetPress Workflow considers its job done once it
has sent its request to PlanetPress Image, not once PlanetPress Image has finished
generating the actual image file.
Other tasks available in PlanetPress Workflow can be used to generate output, such as Digital
Action, Create VDX and PrintForm action tasks. Unlike output tasks, action tasks are only
considered completed once the output file has been generated. In the case of a Digital Action
action task, for example, PlanetPress Workflow will consider the task completed only once the
image file has actually been created. This means that no other task from the same process can
be performed in the meantime. For more information on those tasks, refer to Action Tasks.
Send to Folder tasks, which are considered as action and output tasks, are documented in the
current chapter.
Delete
Delete output tasks simply delete the job files they receive. They are often used after conditions
to get rid of those files that did not meet the requirements of the condition.
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