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CONTENTS Contents Legal notices.....................................................................................3 Introduction.......................................................................................4 Where we're coming from......................................................................................4 Conventions in this book........................................................................................4 Understanding workflows...........................................
LEGAL NOTICES Legal notices © 1986-2009 Quark, Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Protected by the following United States Patents: 5,541,991; 5,907,704; 6,005,560; 6,052,514; 6,081,262; 6,633,666 B2; 6,947,959 B1; 6,940,518 B2; 7,116,843; and other patents pending. Quark, the Quark logo, QuarkXPress, QuarkCopyDesk, Quark Publishing System, and QPS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quark, Inc. and its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries.
INTRODUCTION Introduction This Guide explains the functionality of the workflows included with Automation Services for Quark Publishing System® (QPS®) 8.1.
INTRODUCTION • Cross-platform issues: Some labels, buttons, key combinations, and other aspects of QPS client applications differ between Mac OS® and Windows® because of user interface conventions or other factors. In such cases, both the Mac OS and Windows versions are presented, separated by a slash, with the Mac OS version presented first. For example, if the Mac OS version of a button is labeled Select, and the Windows version is labeled Browse, you are directed to "Click Select/Browse.
UNDERSTANDING WORKFLOWS Understanding workflows A workflow is a predefined sequence of actions for creating output. You can also think of a workflow as a framework on which you can build an automated task. For more information, see "Understanding workflows" in A Guide to Automation Services. 6 | AUTOMATION SERVICES 8.
WORKFLOWS Workflows The following topics describe the workflows currently available from Quark for Automation Services. In order to work correctly, Automation Services needs to have sufficient rights to read and write to the folders it works with. For more information, see "Setting access privileges and idle time-out" in A Guide to Automation Services.
WORKFLOWS XML to QuarkCopyDesk From Template The XML to QuarkCopyDesk From Template workflow lets you transform content from QuarkXPress projects, QuarkCopyDesk articles, and XML sources into QuarkCopyDesk articles with an article template. • Template: Choose a QuarkCopyDesk article template. • Transformation: Choose a transformation that accepts a QuarkCopyDesk template and has QuarkCopyDesk as an output format, such as NewsML to QuarkCopyDesk Article with Template.
WORKFLOWS output. Note that if you specify a path in the file system, you must use a valid UNC path to which the Automation Services server has write access, and the path must include the name of the output project. Pictures are stored in a "Pictures" folder at the same level as the output project. If a transformation in an automation profile makes changes to an existing project and then checks it in as a new revision, you need to be aware of how Automation Services deals with attachments in such projects.
WORKFLOWS If an automation profile creates a new version of a page that already exists in Drupal, Drupal will create a new version of only the page itself; any pictures used in the page will simply be replaced. Drupal locations should not start with a slash (/). If you have trouble submitting content to Drupal, a good place to start troubleshooting is the "AutomationServices.Server.config" file (located at [application folder]\AutomationServices_Data\Resources\Configuration).
WORKFLOWS • Image Folder Paths: Specify the path(s) where any images required by the workflow can be found. This parameter is used only if the QuarkXPress project originates from the file system. If the project is in QPS, its picture attachments (if any) are used. If the project is in the QuarkXPress Server document pool, Automation Services assumes that the pictures are also in the document pool.
WORKFLOWS Script Contents dialog box • Select Function: If you want to execute a single function, check this box and enter the function name (without parameters) in the corresponding field. • Parameter Value list: The rows in this list correspond to the parameters of the selected function. The first row corresponds to the functions first parameter, the second row to the function's second parameter, and so forth. To add a row, click +.
WORKFLOWS For more information, see the documentation in the "ScriptWorkflowUtil.js" script. AUTOMATION SERVICES 8.
INDEX Index A J attachments 9 Job Jackets 7 AutomationServices.Server.config file 10 P C convetions 4 PDF 10 privileges 7 createFilePathContainer() method 12 Q D QPS scripts 11 Drupal 9 S F formatting conventions 4 scripts 11 ScriptWorkflowUtil.js file 12 SWF 10 14 | AUTOMATION SERVICES 8.
