8.8
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PlanetPress Workflow 8.8
- System Requirements
- Basics
- Features
- The Nature of PlanetPress Workflow
- About Branches and Conditions
- Configuration Components
- Connect Resources
- About Data
- Data Repository
- About Documents
- Debugging and Error Handling
- The Plug-in Bar
- About Printing
- About Processes and Subprocesses
- Using Scripts
- Special Workflow Types
- About Tasks
- Working With Variables
- About Configurations
- About related programs and services
- The Interface
- Customizing the Workspace
- PlanetPress Workflow Button
- The Configuration Components Pane
- Components Area Sections
- Processes and Subprocesses
- Manipulate Global Variables
- Connect Resources
- PPS/PSM Documents
- Associate Documents and PlanetPress Printer Queues
- Using the Clipboard and Drag & Drop
- Rename Objects in the Configuration Components Pane
- Reorder Objects in the Configuration Components Pane
- Grouping Configuration Components
- Expand and Collapse Categories and Groups in the Configuration Components Pane
- Delete Objects and Groups from the Configuration Components Pane
- Other Dialogs
- The Debug Information Pane
- The Message Area Pane
- The Object Inspector Pane
- The Plug-in Bar
- Preferences
- Other Preferences and Settings
- General appearance preferences
- Object Inspector appearance preferences
- Configuration Components Pane appearance preferences
- Default Configuration behavior preferences
- Notification Messages behavior preferences
- Sample Data behavior preferences
- Network behavior preferences
- PlanetPress Capture preferences
- OL Connect preferences
- PDF Text Extraction Tolerance Factors
- General and logging preferences
- Messenger plugin preferences
- HTTP Server Input 1 plugin preferences
- HTTP Server Input 2 plugin preferences
- LPD Input plugin preferences
- Serial Input plugin preferences
- Telnet Input plugin preferences
- PlanetPress Fax plugin preferences
- FTP Output Service preferences
- PlanetPress Image preferences
- LPR Output preferences
- PrintShop Web Connect Service preferences
- Editor Options
- The Process Area
- Zoom In or Out within Process Area
- Adding Tasks
- Adding Branches
- Edit a Task
- Replacing Tasks, Conditions or Branches
- Remove Tasks or Branches
- Task Properties Dialog
- Cutting, Copying and Pasting Tasks and Branches
- Moving a Task or Branch Using Drag-and-Drop
- Ignoring Tasks and Branches
- Resize Rows and Columns of the Process Area
- Selecting Documents in Tasks Links
- Highlight a Task or Branch
- Undo a Command
- Redo a Command
- The Quick Access Toolbar
- The PlanetPress Workflow Ribbon
- The Task Comments Pane
- Additional Information
- Copyright Information
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
Properties
General tab
l
Program group
l
Executable file: Enter the name and path of an executable file (exe or com
extension), batch file (bat extension), or command script (cmd extension) that can
run in command mode. Note that the program will be run without user interaction.
Although it may display progress information, it is better if the application has no
user interface.
l
Parameters: Enter parameters that will be passed to the external program when it is
launched. Each parameter should be enclosed in quotation marks and separated by
a space ("Param1""Param2" "Param3") except command line options (such as -f,
/n). The exact parameters accepted are unique to the executable and defined in its
documentation if it exists.
l
Start in: Enter the folder in which the external program is to run. This is important,
for example, if the program is to generate files that are to be picked up in a specific
location for further processing, or if it requires resources that are located in a specific
folder. Leave blank to run the program in the folder of the executable file.
l
Run minimized: Select to prevent a window (a DOS box, for instance) from being
displayed on the desktop. When selected, the program runs in a background
window.
l Program output capture group
l Log the program output: Check to store the program output (messages generated
by the execution of the external program)inside of a job info or variable.
l Store the program output in variable: Use the drop-down to select which variable
or job info to will be used to store the program output.
l Exit Code group
l Store the exit code in job info:Use the drop-down to select which variable or job
info will be used to store the program's exit code. The exit code is a numerical value
generated by the program which will indicate whether its execution was a success
or if errors were encountered.
l Verify return value: Check to enable the group and react whenever specific exit
codes are returned by the software.
l If exit code is:Use the drop-down to select how to compare to the exit code. This
numerical comparison is either equal, greater than or lower than.
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