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17.2 Detailed Directions ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 272
17.2.1 Create a Graybar Report ..................................................................................................................................................................... 272
18 Conditions .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 275
18.1 Key Concepts............................................................................................................................................................................................... 276
18.1.1 Conditions .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 276
18.1.2 Global Conditions................................................................................................................................................................................ 276
18.1.3 Local Conditions ................................................................................................................................................................................. 277
18.1.4 Line Conditions ................................................................................................................................................................................... 277
18.1.5 Variables............................................................................................................................................................................................ 278
18.2 Detailed Directions ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 280
18.2.1 Add a PlanetPress Talk Object ............................................................................................................................................................. 280
18.2.2 Enter a PlanetPress Talk Expression in a Text Box ................................................................................................................................. 280
18.2.3 PlanetPress Supports Global Variables in the Global Function Library Manager......................................................................................... 282
18.2.4 Use the PlanetPress Talk Properties ..................................................................................................................................................... 282
18.2.5 Create a Global Condition .................................................................................................................................................................... 285
18.2.6 View or Edit the Properties of a Global Condition................................................................................................................................... 287
18.2.7 Apply or Remove a Global Condition..................................................................................................................................................... 287
18.2.8 Use a Global Condition as a Variable .................................................................................................................................................... 288
18.2.9 Create a Global Variable ...................................................................................................................................................................... 289
18.2.10 View or Edit a Global Variable ............................................................................................................................................................ 289
18.2.11 Delete a Global Variable .................................................................................................................................................................... 290
18.2.12 Combine Global Conditions ................................................................................................................................................................ 291
18.2.13 Override a Global Condition ............................................................................................................................................................... 293
18.2.14 Delete a Global Condition .................................................................................................................................................................. 294
18.2.15 Create, Edit, or Delete Local Conditions .............................................................................................................................................. 295
18.2.16 Create or Remove a Line Condition .................................................................................................................................................... 296
18.2.17 Verify a Condition ............................................................................................................................................................................. 297
18.2.18 Add a Global Function ....................................................................................................................................................................... 298
18.2.19 View or Edit a Global Function ........................................................................................................................................................... 298
18.2.20 Delete a Global Function.................................................................................................................................................................... 299
18.3 Code Samples .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 300
18.3.1 Print a variable number of copies of a page based on a value in the datastream ..................................................................................... 300
18.3.2 Store two lines of input data on one line of the data page ..................................................................................................................... 300
18.3.3 Print a page n-up................................................................................................................................................................................ 300
18.3.4 Print a line of text on odd-numbered pages .......................................................................................................................................... 301
18.3.5 Determine the proper page to print based on the width of the data in the data page ............................................................................... 301
19 Printing a Document .................................................................................................................................................................................. 302
19.1 Key Concepts............................................................................................................................................................................................... 303
19.1.1 Trigger............................................................................................................................................................................................... 303
19.2 Trigger Syntax ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 304
19.2.1 Trigger Syntax for Documents Installed on a Hard Disk ......................................................................................................................... 304
19.2.2 Trigger Syntax for Documents Installed in RAM..................................................................................................................................... 304
19.2.3 Trigger Syntax for Documents Installed in Flash Memory ....................................................................................................................... 304
19.3 Techniques for Inserting Triggers .................................................................................................................................................................. 306
19.4 How a Variable Content Document Runs on a Printer...................................................................................................................................... 307
19.4.1 Phase 1: Data Reading........................................................................................................................................................................ 307
19.4.2 Phase 2: Global Condition Resolution ................................................................................................................................................... 307
19.4.3 Phase 3: Document Page Printing ........................................................................................................................................................ 307
19.5 Detailed Directions ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 308
19.5.1 Run a Document Installed on a Printer ................................................................................................................................................. 308
19.5.2 Run a Document Installed in a PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool............................................................................................................. 308
19.5.3 Run a Document that Uses a Database Emulation ................................................................................................................................. 309
19.5.4 Run Several Documents as a Single Job ............................................................................................................................................... 309
19.5.5 Troubleshoot Execution Problems ........................................................................................................................................................ 310
20 Managing Documents and Printers ............................................................................................................................................................ 311
20.1 Key Concepts............................................................................................................................................................................................... 312
20.1.1 Information about Documents on a Printer ........................................................................................................................................... 312
20.1.2 Printer Firmware Version ..................................................................................................................................................................... 312
20.1.3 Printer Settings................................................................................................................................................................................... 313
20.1.4 Form Cache........................................................................................................................................................................................ 313
20.2 Detailed Directions ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 314
20.2.1 Obtain Information from a Printer ........................................................................................................................................................ 314
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