ANY

ANY

ANY is one of the file types/payloads referred to in the workflow of InterFormNG2. In short it means, that the related workflow component accepts any kind of input.

 

This ANY payload is referenced in these types of workflow components:

  1. Processing workflow components.
  2. Output workflow components

Processing workflow components:

One of the supported file types/payload in InterFormNG2 is the ANY payload.

 

The processing workflow components below support the ANY payload:

 

Change payload encoding

Converts the payload from one encoding to another

Choice

Conditions in the workflow

Debug headers

Write all metadata to debug log

Delay 30 seconds

Delays the workflow for 30 seconds. Useful for debugging.

Delete resource

Deletes a resource from the library.

Error

Cause an error in the workflow with a dynamic error message.

Error handler

A workflow component to setup a workflow to call, if an error should occur during processing.

First in First out queue

Queues incoming documents and process them in FIFO order.

Load XML from property

Restore XML from property into the payload

Log info key

Sets the info key for the job log.

Log to XML

Fetch a log tree and set it as the payload in XML format.

MultiCast

A way to use one payload for multiple workflow components.

MultiCast and merge

Create multiple documents and merge them together e.g. for back page/duplex templates.

Payload to named property

Copies the payload to a named property for later retrieval.

Resource to payload

Reads a resource and puts it into the payload of the workflow

Set multiple workflow variables

Sets multiple workflow variables, which can be used in workflow, templates, components and email templates.

Set one workflow variable

Sets a single workflow variable, which can be used in workflow, templates, components and email templates.

Set printer

Selects the printer e.g. in order to copy the payload to the printer later.

Set printing properties

Sets multiple printing properties e.g. duplex/simplex and paper type.

Shorten meta data names

Remove prefix from all metadata names.

To filesystem

Stores the payload into a file in the file system.

To FTP

FTPs the payload.

 

Output workflow components for ANY :

One of the supported file types/payload in InterFormNG2 is the ANY payload. Refer to this section for the processing components, that supports ANY as the input payload.

 

The output workflow components below support the ANY payload as input:

To filesystem

Saves

 








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