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Field Value: Enter the Metadata field value. Note that if the chosen action is Delete,
this parameter is disabled. For other action types, in order to set the field value, click
the [...] button. This button opens the Data Selector, which allows to specify a data
selection as the field's value.
Note that when adding a Metadata field, if you perform a multi-line data selection on
a PDF region, only the first line of that region will be set to the Metadata field.
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Decimal Separator: Set the decimal separator for the Sum option. 3 possible
modes are offered:
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Auto-detect: Interpret automatically the value. This option is ideal for
documents using mixed decimal separators. Note that the auto-detect option
encountering the value 1,000 (with a comma separator), interprets it as a
thousand while interpreting 1.000 (with a dot separator), as one.
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.: Treat every value with the dot (".") decimal separator. Commas (",") are
treated as thousand separator.
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,: Treat every value with the comma (",") decimal separator. Dots (".") are
treated as thousand separator.
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Rule: Define criteria for the Metadata Field Management action execution. The condition
must be TRUE for the action to execute. To set up conditions, the Rule Interface is
displayed, allowing to edit the condition for the given action. See the Rule Interface page
for more details.
On Error Tab
For a description of the options on the On Error tab see "Using the On Error tab" on page82.
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.
Metadata File Management
The Metadata File Management action task is used to execute actions on Metadata files. This
task does not modify the data, Job Info variables, other variables or any other part of your
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