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
Output
The available output print stream options are AFPDS, GOPReS (Graphic Output), IJPDS, PCL,
PDF and PostScript (PS) outputs.
Task Properties
General tab
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PDC File: Select either an un-compiled PReS Classic script file (PDS) which will need to
be compiled on the fly, or a pre-compiled PReS Classic job file (PDC).
The job needs to be specified exactly. If you want to compile the job at run time, then you
must select a PDS file. If you wish to use a pre-compiled PReS Classic job, then select
the PDC file, rather than the PDS.
If a PReS Classic script file (PDS) is selected, Connect Workflow will use PReS Classic
to compile the selected file and then run the resultant PDC file, regardless of whether
there was an existing PDC file within the folder already. Any existing PDC file in that
folder will be overwritten by the new compilation.
Note
The use of pre-compiled PReS Classic jobs is heavily recommended, as this
greatly reduces the scope for run-time errors.
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Data File: The data file to use in the run. This file can be explicitly selected, or it could be
set via a Connect Workflow variable.
Note
Note: If the Data File selection does not include the data file folder path, then the
folder entered into the Working Folder entry will be used for determining the path.
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Working Folder: Select the folder that contains the PReS Classic job and associated
resources.
This entry can either be explicitly selected or it could be set via Connect Workflow
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