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by tdeschampsBluewest
Wed Jul 09, 2025 6:12 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Script Expression for dynamic Field Values
Replies: 2
Views: 2709

Re: Script Expression for dynamic Field Values

The Switch client does not support referencing other field values when defining the value of field. This means you can't dynamically set a field's value based on the value of another one One workaround is to manually create multiple child fields for each possible case and assign them the same tag. T...
by tdeschampsBluewest
Mon Jul 07, 2025 4:33 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: How to crop vector-based image box?
Replies: 5
Views: 3580

Re: How to crop vector-based image box?

he previous action should already remove parts that are outside the selected box or clipping mask.

However, you can still run a basic set of cleanup actions to remove any leftovers:

Remove invisible data
Remove irrelevant objects
by tdeschampsBluewest
Mon Jul 07, 2025 3:19 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: How to crop vector-based image box?
Replies: 5
Views: 3580

Re: How to crop vector-based image box?

Ouch, that’s some real nightmare fuel! :shock: Hope your RIP and PitStop setup will handle it… The action you’re looking for in PitStop is Crop line art Once selected, make sure to tick the following checkboxes: Crop line art to clip mask Crop line art to: and select BleedBox (or another box that su...
by tdeschampsBluewest
Tue Jul 01, 2025 12:12 pm
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: Lock PDF
Replies: 2
Views: 3882

Re: Lock PDF

You can install PDFtk (https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/) on your server, and use the following command, with run command app : pdftk.exe "%%InputFilePath%%" output "[Job.NameProper].pdf" owner_pw "1512!" user_pw "1234" allow Printing Here is a quote...
by tdeschampsBluewest
Tue Jul 01, 2025 12:06 pm
Forum: Imposition
Topic: Naming and keeping track of jobs that have been imposed
Replies: 3
Views: 1515

Re: Naming and keeping track of jobs that have been imposed

Totally agree with Magnus, When I was working in print-on-demand (POD), I found with my press operator that the best aproach is to made sure that file names reflected the production order, to make processing easier on press software. For example, I used a structured naming format like this: [TAG]_[Y...
by tdeschampsBluewest
Mon Jun 30, 2025 6:24 pm
Forum: Switch
Topic: Imposition in Switch
Replies: 14
Views: 23391

Re: Imposition in Switch

As an addition, since this topic was bump. At Bluewest, we built a module called Quite Helper to make working with Quite Hot Imposing in Switch a whole lot easier. It was developed with Quite Software’s blessing and is available on the Appstore. Instead of manually editing XML, Quite Helper gives yo...
by tdeschampsBluewest
Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:19 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Converting Single Line Font To Vector
Replies: 1
Views: 664

Re: Converting Single Line Font To Vector

Hi, You can convert text to outlines using a single action (vectorize text), but this won't split a letter like "T" into separate elements. If I understand correctly, you're looking to decompose letters like this: T → | and _ V → \ and / q → c and | d → c and | I'm not deeply familiar with...
by tdeschampsBluewest
Mon Jun 16, 2025 6:33 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Settings from Submit Point don't work in Checkpoint
Replies: 1
Views: 901

Re: Settings from Submit Point don't work in Checkpoint

This functionality is clumsy, especially if the submit and check actions are part of different flows. It may also lead to data loss if a loop is executed around the checkpoint, if you mixup the dataset name. It’s not the quickest method, but I’ve learned the hard way that the safest approach is to r...
by tdeschampsBluewest
Thu Jun 05, 2025 11:58 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Workgroup Manager - Sort Action lists
Replies: 7
Views: 6670

Re: Workgroup Manager - Sort Action lists

By default, I believe they are sorted by date of creation.
However, you can change the sorting behavior by clicking the magnifying glass icon in the search field.
This opens a menu where you can select the "Keep Sorted" option to apply alphabetical order.
by tdeschampsBluewest
Thu Jun 05, 2025 11:53 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Do you understand what I mean?
Replies: 3
Views: 3401

Re: Do you understand what I mean?

In the flow properties, you can enable the "Show Advanced Properties" option. Once activated, certain elements (pitstop for example) within the flow will display additional configuration fields, such as: Number of Slots – Defines the maximum number of tasks that can run concurrently for th...
by tdeschampsBluewest
Wed May 28, 2025 11:06 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Timeout for Check Point
Replies: 1
Views: 1924

Re: Timeout for Check Point

Hi, Your best approach would be to run it inside a loop with a connection timeout on the checkpoint. Within this loop, check whether the criteria are met. If they are, break the loop; otherwise, continue checking from the last checkpoint. Keep in mind that depending on the number of files and the fr...
by tdeschampsBluewest
Mon May 26, 2025 8:51 pm
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: Attach file to PDF
Replies: 3
Views: 2157

Re: Attach file to PDF

Hi; We've had this feature in development for quite some time for a Switch app, but it was sidelined due to other project priorities. It's still in the pipeline, just not yet released. If this feature would help solve a problem for you (and you're using Switch), we’d be happy to prioritize it and pu...
by tdeschampsBluewest
Thu May 22, 2025 10:32 am
Forum: Switch
Topic: Help with Conditional Routing Based on PDF Page Size
Replies: 6
Views: 3961

Re: Help with Conditional Routing Based on PDF Page Size

I suspect this kind of behavior is a tactic used by some shady AI companies to scrape our responses and quietly use them to train and improve their own models without consent. The best way to counter this is to respond with complete gibberish or absurd nonsense—something utterly unusable for trainin...
by tdeschampsBluewest
Fri May 16, 2025 11:20 am
Forum: Node.js scripting
Topic: Merge Excel files
Replies: 11
Views: 44017

Re: Merge Excel files

Hi there, You might want to take a look at the File Fusion app: https://www0.enfocus.com/en/appstore/product/file-fusion. While it's not designed exclusively for CSVs, it could potentially be used to merge them—provided the files have no headers and the columns are aligned correctly. Alternatively, ...
by tdeschampsBluewest
Fri May 16, 2025 11:13 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Privatedata from filename
Replies: 11
Views: 50680

Re: Privatedata from filename

Hi Thomas Can I ask on a low practical method which documentation you uploaded. HTML-files, pdf or other? Hi Jimmy, i uploaded the documentation as a PDF, but i also uploaded some snippet i use for coding. It's a beta feature, so i'm just toying with it right now and with agent (since it's free wit...