Output tasks

Output tasks are exits from PReS Workflow processes. They can be used to send data to specific devices, such as printers, applications, such as email software, or locations, such as folders. A single process can include multiple branches, each one terminated by an Output task, and so a single process may generate output via a variety of Output tasks.

Typically, whenever a PReS Workflow Output task sends output to an output device, application or location, it considers its job finished. When it sends data to a printer, for example, it does not wait for the document to have finished printing to consider its job done. In the same fashion, an Email Output task is completed once PReS Workflow has sent its message to the email software, not when the email has actually been sent from the software. And in the case of a PReS Image Output task, PReS Workflow considers its job done once it has sent its request to PReS Image, not once PReS Image has finished generating the actual image file.

Other tasks available in PReS Workflow can also be used to generate output, such as Digital Action, Create VDX and PrintForm Action tasks. Unlike Output tasks, Action tasks are only considered completed once the output file has been generated. In the case of a Digital Action Action task, for example, PReS Workflow will consider the task completed only once the image file has actually been created. This means that no other task from the same process can be performed in the meantime. For more information on those tasks, refer to Action tasks.

Send to Folder tasks, which are considered as Action and Output tasks, are documented in the current chapter.

Available Output tasks

• Delete
• End Subprocess, see: Go Sub
• PReS Fax
• FTP Output
• Microsoft 365 Email Output
• Microsoft 365 OneDrive Output
• PReS Image
• Print using a Windows driver
• Printer Queue Output
• Secure Email Output
• Send Email
• Send to Folder
• SOAP Client plugin (Legacy task)

The SFTP Output task also appears in the Output category when it is installed. (It isn't installed by default.)