Actions

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Actions

(Last update of this topic: 02-15-2021)

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The workflow actions are stored in categories:

 

Logic: Actions for controlling the workflow process.
Adjustment: Actions that change the document.
Output: Actions with a document output.
Support: Special actions that should only be executed after consultation of the steadyPRINT Support, if possible.
Templates: Compiled actions for common applications (e.g. reliable printing).

 

Logic

The actions in this category control which actions are executed when on the document.

 

Action

Function

Conditional performance of actions:

Controls the workflow process on the basis of conditions.

Selection:

Provides the user with choices from which he/she has to choose one.

Display message window:

Displays a message window during the execution of the workflow.

Text search:

Browses the document for a certain search term.

Terminate workflow:

Terminates the workflow without executing any further actions.

Sub workflow:

Creates a copy of the document and starts a separate workflow.

 

Adjustments

These actions change the document and adjust it.

Permissions:

Protect the opening or the settings of the document with a password.

Watermark:

Provide the document with a watermark by entering a free text. This text will be displayed in the center of the pages.

Background image:

Add a background image to the pages of the document.

Merge documents:

Merge individual pages into one document.

Archive document format:

Converts the document into an archive format.

Page selection:

Select the pages that will be affected by the following indented actions.

 

 

Output

Output actions create an output of a document. Possible outputs include printing, saving the document to a file system or even sending it by e-mail.

A workflow without an output action discards the print job and its document.

Important

Only Output Actions Create Documents

               

Only the output actions create documents from the print job. A workflow without an output actions does not create a document. The print job from the program is discarded after the workflow is executed.

 

 

Saving to the file system:

Save the document to the file system.

Sending by e-mail:

Send the document as an e-mail attachment.

Printing:

Print the document to a printer.

SecurePrint:

Sends the document to the SecurePrinter

Saving to batch:

Saves the document to the batch.

Saving to cloud:

Enable the user to have the document stored to the cloud.

 

Templates

Templates are a set of pre-defined actions representing frequently occurring applicatons.

Reliable printing:

A target printer cannot be used, a replacement printer is to be used automatically.

Printing or sending by e-mail:

If the text search is successful, the user should be given the choice of whether to print the document or send it by e-mail. If the search was unsuccessful, the document should only be printed.