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Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in the Pro-
cess area.
Digital Action
Digital Action Action tasks generate the same types of documents as generated by PReS Image out-
put tasks (see "PReS Image" on page450). Since Digital Action tasks are not Output tasks, the doc-
uments they create are typically passed on to the following task. The image files they generate are
always saved, along with their index files (if any), to an archive folder.
Note: The Digital Action task requires a PReS Image license to be present on the same IP Sub-
net as PReS Workflow, either on the same server or a different one with PReS Image installed
and activated.
Differences between Digital Action and Image tasks
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Digital Action is an Action task and cannot be the last task in a branch or process. Image is an
Output task, and has to be placed at the end of a process or branch.
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Digital Action can accept PDF/VT and PostScript (.ps) files as an input, even if they are not gen-
erated by any PReS Workflow tools.
Task properties
General Tab
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Host: Select the IP address of the PReS Image host to which you want the request to be sent.
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Refresh: Click to update the list of IP addresses displayed in the Host drop-down list box.
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Documents: Select None (Do not use a document (passthrough) in order to generate an
image with a PDF/VT or PostScript file in passthrough mode.
Note: For an explanation of how to generate specific tags and indexes for the Image and
Digital Action tasks, in a PDF/VT file created with Connect, see the Connect Online Help:
Generating tags for Image output.
Alternatively, select a PlanetPress Design document if you want all the jobs to be generated with
that document. To use a document chosen at run-time for each job, enter a dynamic document
name using a combination of text, variables and data selections. To enable the dynamic doc-
ument name box, click inside it. To disable it, press Enter. Note that in the latter case, you must
be certain that the documents that will be chosen at run-time will in fact be available locally or at
the selected host.
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List only documents using VDX compilation: Check to ensure that only documents that are
compatible with the VDX compilation method are shown in the list, if producing VDX output.
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