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Task properties
General tab
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Automatic detection: By default, the format of the job file is detected automatically. If the
source file is a JSON file, it will be converted to XML. If it is an XML file, it will be
converted to JSON.
Uncheck this option to limit the task to one type of conversion.
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JSON to XML: the task only converts JSON files to XML.
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XML to JSON: the task only converts XML files to JSON.
On Error Tab
For a description of the options on the On Error tab see "Using the On Error tab" on page92.
Miscellaneous Tab
The Miscellaneous 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.
The tab also provides an option to highlight the task in "The Process area" on page829 with
the default color, set in the Preferences (see "General appearance preferences" on page716),
or the color selected or defined under Highlight color on this tab.
To revert the selected highlight color to the default color, open this tab, turn the Highlight option
off and close the dialog with the OK button; then turn highlighting back on.
Highlighting can also be turned on and off via the task's contextual menu and with the Highlight
button on the View ribbon.
Data Splitters
Splitter action tasks are used to single data files into multiple data files. You can use such
tasks, for example, to split files that contain statements for multiple clients into smaller files that
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