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
l
PReS Fax: Outputs jobs as faxes. You use PReS Fax as an interface to WinFax PRO or
Windows Fax, to send faxes you create from documents. You can install multiple
instances of the PReS Fax service on your network, and have PReS Workflowsend jobs
to one or more of these instances. Each instance of PReS Fax can generate faxes and
dispatch them from the host on which it runs, using a local faxing program, such as
WinFax PRO, Captaris RightFax or Windows Fax. See About Fax.
l PrintShop Mail:Used to generate documents using PrintShop Mail databases and
documents. Communicate with it through the PrintShop Mail and PrintShop Mail 7
Connector Tasks. See "PrintShop Mail" on page467.
l Laserfiche:Used as a repository for electronic documents. Communicate with it through
the Laserfiche Repository Output Task. See "Laserfiche Repository Output" on page432.
l PlanetPress Capture:Used to generate and process files using Anoto patterns.
Communicate with it through the PlanetPress Capture tasks such as the Anoto Ink
Processor and the Anoto Pattern plugins.
Start and Stop PReS Workflow Service
As with most Windows services, PReS Workflow can be started and stopped automatically
when a Windows session is opened and closed. The other option is to start, stop or pause
PReS Workflow manually using the PReS Workflow Configuration program.
Note
The current PReS Workflow status is always displayed in the lower-right corner of the
PReS Workflow Configuration program window.
To start PReS Workflow services via PReS Workflow Configuration program:
1. Click Tools in the PReS Workflow Ribbon.
2.
Click Start Service in the Services Status group. A progress bar is displayed while your
PReS Workflow is being started.
To stop your PReS Workflow services via PReS Workflow Configuration program:
1. Click Tools in the PReS Workflow Ribbon.
2. Click Stop Service in the Services Status group.
When you stop or pause PReS Workflow, it immediately stops bringing new files into its
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