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Atrun-time,theoutputenginedeterminesthetypeofthevalueyieldedbytheexpression.Ifthisisa
number,anumberpatternisexpected.Fordate/time-liketypes,adatepatternisexpected.Whenno
patternisspecified,somedefaultformatisapplied.Forothertypes,itisnotpossibletospecifyapat-
ternorlocale.
Forpatternsandpatterncharacterssee"Dateandtimepatterns"onpage1180and"Numberpatterns"
onpage1196.
Generating Fax output
ItispossibletogenerateFaxoutputfromPlanetPressConnectthroughtheuseofPDF/VToutput.Here
arethedetailsonhowtoimplementsuchaprocess.
RequiredComponents
ThefollowingcomponentsarerequiredinordertooutputtoFax:
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APlanetPressImagelicensewhichincludesPlanetPressFax.
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AJobPresetaddingtheappropriatemetadatafields
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AnOutputpresetgeneratingaPDF/VTfile.
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APlanetPressWorkflowprocessoutputtingtothePlanetPressFaxtask.
JobPresetConfiguration
ThefollowingmetadatafieldsmustbeaddedtotheMetadataOptionspage:
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FaxNumber:Thephonenumberwherethefaxwillbesent.Oftenpartofthedata.
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FaxInfo:ThedescriptionofthefaxinboththePlanetPressFaxdialogboxandthefaxlogfile.
OutputPresetConfiguration
ThefollowingsettingsmustbeusedintheOutputPreset:
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InthePrintOptions,aPDFtypeshouldbeselected,suchasGenericPDF.
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InthePDFOptions,thePDFTypeshouldbesettoPDF/VT
PlanetPressWorkflowProcess
Using a Print template
ThefollowingWorkflowprocesswillproduceoutputfromaPrinttemplateandfaxit.
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ThefourregularOLConnecttaskstogenerateprintoutput:
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Execute Data Mapping
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Create Print Content
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