8.5
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PReS Workflow 8.5
- System Requirements
- 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
- Variable Properties
- Working With Variables
- About Configurations
- About Related Programs and Services
- The Interface
- Copyright Information
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
Basics
PReS Workflow is a tool for the automation of the processing, the distribution and the printing of
your business documents. Once installed on the server, it can be set up to automate all tasks
related to document processing.
Setting Up the Working Environment
Setting up the working environment has to be done the first time you start PReS Workflow.
1. Defining the printer (see Activate Your Printers).
2. Configure PReS Workflow Services (see Workflow Services).
Setting Up Preferences
PReS Workflow Configuration program lets you configure a variety of options, from how the
application itself looks or behaves, to plugin specific options. For more information about
preferences accessible through the Preferences button in the PReS Workflow Button, please
refer to Preferences.
Create a New Process
You can create a new process in a two different ways:
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In the Ribbon, go to the Home tab and click the Process button in the Processes group.
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In the Configuration Components pane, right-click on any process or the Processes
folder and select Insert Process.
Regardless of the method, a new process is created with a default name (Process1, Process2,
etc), Input Task and Output Task. The defaults are configurable in the "Default Configuration
Behavior Preferences" on page623 screen. The same methods can be used to create a new
Startup process.
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