2022.2

Limitations
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Some barcodes created with PlanetPress 5 could not be read by the Barcode Scan task, so
please use PlanetPress version 6 or 7 to create barcoded documents.
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When using a secondary input, a known issue of the Workflow Tool can cause some unexpected
behavior, like having the same Metadata file reused instead of a new one being created for each
data file captured. To work around this issue, simply add a Rename action task to set a unique
file name (Ex. %u) to each new file before the Barcode Scan task, after each secondary input.
Change Emulation
Change Emulation action tasks are used to tell the tasks that follow them to use a different emulation
to format the data they receive (see: "About data emulation" on page54). These tasks do not perform
any operation as such on the data, but rather they modify the way subsequent tasks process the data
they receive.
Change Emulation action tasks are typically used when a secondary input task brings new data that is
not structured like the initial data into the process. By default, every task included in a process uses the
emulation associated with the sample data file to structure the data before processing it. Any task that
must use a different emulation must be preceded by a Change Emulation action task. All the tasks
that follow on the same branch will use the emulation chosen in the Change Emulation task.
Input
Any data file.
Processing
The emulation for the following tasks is changed to the selected emulation.
Output
The original data file, metadata and job infos are not modified. Only the emulation is changed.
Task properties
Note to PlanetPress Suite users: The options of this task are basically the same as the Data
Selector in PlanetPress Design; see PlanetPress Design User Guide.
General Tab
Add/remove characters: Enter the number of characters to add to, or remove from, the head of the
data stream, or use the spin buttons to increment or decrement the value. Positive values add char-
acters; negative values remove characters. This is useful when one or more characters of input data
precede the start of the first data page. Note that certain control characters can be problematic. For
example, the NUL character (hexadecimal 00) cannot be removed from the head of the data stream,
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