8.4
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PReS Workflow 8.4.1
- Basics
- Features
- The Nature of PReS Workflow
- About Branches and Conditions
- Configuration Components
- Connect Resources
- About Data
- About Documents
- Debugging and Error Handling
- The Plug-in Bar
- About Printing
- About Processes and Subprocesses
- Using Scripts
- Special Workflow Types
- About Tasks
- Task Properties
- Working With Variables
- About Configurations
- About Related Programs and Services
- The Interface
- Copyright Information
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
Comments Tab
The Comments tab, added in PReS Suite 7.5, is common to all tasks. It contains a single text area (Task
comments)that lets you write comments about the task. These comments are saved when the dialog is
closed with the OKbutton, and are displayed in The Task Comments Pane.
Notes
l Microsoft Word must be installed on PReS Workflow system.
l Microsoft Word must not be currently opened when the automation task runs.
l Microsoft Word 2003 and up are supported.
l The task uses a printer queue set with the “PReS Word to PDF Printer” driver, which is created and set
by default on-the-fly the first time a Microsoft® Word® Document to PDFaction task is run. This
printer cannot be shared on the network in order to avoid confusion from network users, however it is
shared between all Microsoft® Word® Document to PDFaction tasks on the same system.
l While debugging this task, the printer shows the message that the document can not be printed. This
message is normal and will not appear when running a live configuration.
l If using a Microsoft® database such as Access® or Excel®, each software must be installed in the
same version. For example, using Microsoft® Word® 2007 with a Microsoft® Access® 2003 database
will cause the task to fail.
l If the database path is specified in the Microsoft® Word® document, the mail merge has to be
performed with the settings specified in the document, otherwise the database path provided in the
task is ignored and can cause different conflicts. To use custom settings, the Microsoft® Word®
document should contain only mail merge fields with no database path entered. The Microsoft®
Word® to PDF action task allows specifying the path of the database and the query to use. The Use
custom settings option is very usefully for using different databases and queries in a single process.
l If the database is the same for 2 processes, one of two processes aborts. Each process has to use
different databases, or no more than one process with a Microsoft® Word® to PDF task.
Output to Capture OnTheGo
The Output to Capture OnTheGo task sends document information to the Capture OnTheGo online
repository. These documents can then be retrieved by the Capture OnTheGo mobile application.
Input
This task ignores the input data file and any metadata it unless data selections are used in the variable data
fields.