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The Configuration Components Pane

The Configuration Components Pane displays processes, subprocesses, variables, documents and printer queues. It also lets you add any of these components using the right-click menu.

Components Area Sections

• Processes: Displays a list of processes in your configuration. Right-click on a process to access a drop-down menu that offers these choices:
  • Insert Process: Inserts a new process with a default input and output task.
  • Insert Startup Process: Inserts a new process as a Startup Process. This option is only available if there is no existing startup process in your configuration.
  • Insert Local Variable: Inserts a new local variable.
  • Cut, Copy, Paste: Controls the clipboard.
  • Delete: Deletes the process from the configuration.
  • Rename: Renames the process.
  • Active: Triggers whether the process is active (runs in service mode) or inactive (does not run in service mode). Inactive processes never trigger their input task or any other tasks.
  • Startup: Triggers whether the process is a startup process (runs before any other process). This option is only available if there is no existing startup process in your configuration.
  • Group, Ungroup: Triggers grouping functionality.
  • Properties...: Displays the process' properties, for scheduling and error handling.
• Subprocesses: Displays a list of subprocesses in your configuration. Right-click on a subprocess to access a drop-down menu that offers these choices:
  • Insert Subprocess: Inserts a new process with a default input and output task.
  • Insert Local Variable: Inserts a new local variable.
  • Cut, Copy, Paste: Controls the clipboard.
  • Delete: Deletes the subprocess from the configuration.
  • Rename: Renames the subprocess.
  • Group, Ungroup: Triggers grouping functionality.
  • Properties...: Displays the process' properties for error handling.
• Global Variables: Displays a list of variables that are shared between all your processes. Right-click on a Global Variable to access a drop-down menu that offers these choices:
  • Insert Global Variable: Creates a new global variable
  • Cut, Copy, Paste: Controls the clipboard.
  • Delete: Deletes the global variable from the configuration.
  • Rename: Renames the global variable.
  • Reset: Resets the global variable to its default value. Useful if one of your process is modifying the global variable's value and you want to return it to its original default value.
  • Group, Ungroup: Triggers grouping functionality.
  • Properties...: Displays the properties, which lets you set a default value for the global variable.
• Documents: Displays a list of PlanetPress Design and PrintShop Mail Design document that have been imported into PlanetPress Workflow. Right-click on a document to access a drop-down menu that offers these choices:
  • Insert Resident Document: Inserts a new Resident Document, which is a placeholder for a PlanetPress Design document that resides exclusively on the printer.
  • Cut, Copy, Paste: Controls the clipboard.
  • Delete: Deletes the document from the configuration, as well as the Workflow Tools Working Folders.
  • Refresh: Regenerates a PostScript Cache from the original document's PTK file.
  • Group, Ungroup: Triggers grouping functionality.
  • Properties...: Displays the properties, which lets you see the form information and select its default printing behaviors.
• Printer Queues: Displays a list of printer queues in your configuration. Right-Click on a printer queue to access a drop-down menu that offers these choices:
  • Insert Printer Queue: Creates a new printer queue in your configuration.
  • Replace Printer Queue By: Replaces the currently selected printer queue with a new one.
  • Cut, Copy, Paste: Controls the clipboard.
  • Delete: Deletes the printer queue from the configuration.
  • Rename: Renames the printer queue.
  • Group, Ungroup: Triggers grouping functionality.
  • PS Test Page: Prints a test page in PostScript format. Useful for validating whether the printer supports PostScript.
  • Text Test Page: Prints a text-only test page on the printer.
  • Properties...: Displays the printer queue properties.