8.8
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PReS Workflow 8.8
- System Requirements
- Basics
- Features
- The Nature of PReS Workflow
- About Branches and Conditions
- Configuration Components
- Connect Resources
- About Data
- Data Repository
- About Documents
- Debugging and Error Handling
- The Plug-in Bar
- About Printing
- About Processes and Subprocesses
- Using Scripts
- Special Workflow Types
- About Tasks
- Working With Variables
- About Configurations
- About related programs and services
- The Interface
- Customizing the Workspace
- PReS Workflow Button
- The Configuration Components Pane
- Components Area Sections
- Processes and Subprocesses
- Manipulate Global Variables
- Connect Resources
- PPS/PSM Documents
- Associate Documents and PReS Printer Queues
- Using the Clipboard and Drag & Drop
- Rename Objects in the Configuration Components Pane
- Reorder Objects in the Configuration Components Pane
- Grouping Configuration Components
- Expand and Collapse Categories and Groups in the Configuration Components Pane
- Delete Objects and Groups from the Configuration Components Pane
- Other Dialogs
- The Debug Information Pane
- The Message Area Pane
- The Object Inspector Pane
- The Plug-in Bar
- Preferences
- Other Preferences and Settings
- General appearance preferences
- Object Inspector appearance preferences
- Configuration Components Pane appearance preferences
- Default Configuration behavior preferences
- Notification Messages behavior preferences
- Sample Data behavior preferences
- Network behavior preferences
- PlanetPress Capture preferences
- OL Connect preferences
- PDF Text Extraction Tolerance Factors
- General and logging preferences
- Messenger plugin preferences
- HTTP Server Input 1 plugin preferences
- HTTP Server Input 2 plugin preferences
- LPD Input plugin preferences
- Serial Input plugin preferences
- Telnet Input plugin preferences
- PReS Fax plugin preferences
- FTP Output Service preferences
- PReS Image preferences
- LPR Output preferences
- PrintShop Web Connect Service preferences
- Editor Options
- The Process Area
- Zoom In or Out within Process Area
- Adding Tasks
- Adding Branches
- Edit a Task
- Replacing Tasks, Conditions or Branches
- Remove Tasks or Branches
- Task Properties Dialog
- Cutting, Copying and Pasting Tasks and Branches
- Moving a Task or Branch Using Drag-and-Drop
- Ignoring Tasks and Branches
- Resize Rows and Columns of the Process Area
- Selecting Documents in Tasks Links
- Highlight a Task or Branch
- Undo a Command
- Redo a Command
- The Quick Access Toolbar
- The PReS Workflow Ribbon
- The Task Comments Pane
- Additional Information
- Copyright Information
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
the OKbutton, 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.
Load External File
Load External File action tasks are used to replace the current job file by the designated text
file. Loading an external file does not delete the original file or modify it in any way.
Input
The current data file in the process will be discarded.
Processing
The external file specified in the task's properties is loaded and replaces the current data file.
Output
The loaded file is output. Metadata is not modified in any way, neither are job infos.
Properties
General tab
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External file: The path to the file you want the job file to be replaced with. You may
browse to the file using the browse button on the right of the field.
Examples &Use Cases
This task is put into effect in the following use cases and example processes:
l HTTP PDF Invoice Request
On Error Tab
The On Error tab is common to all tasks. Details can be found in the" Task Properties Dialog"
on page771.
By default, any action task, branch, splitter or condition that generates an error will simply be
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