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- Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:17 pm
- Forum: Flows
- Topic: Switch copy to server fails because hidden file or directory already exists
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6250
Switch copy to server fails because hidden file or directory already exists
I seem to encounter this problem quite often. I am running Switch 2021 on a Mac. The Mac is iMac, late 2013 running OS 10.15.7 Catalina. I have many flows that copy jobs to a NAS server mounted on the Mac via smb share. Often my flows work well. But at random times, the files or folders simply will ...
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 5:08 pm
- Forum: Flows
- Topic: Switch Hotfolders - general question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2980
Switch Hotfolders - general question
I have been working with Switch for a little while and I have a long way to go to learn all it can do. I have been tasked with setting up flows to increase efficiency. Of course with Switch it is all about hotfolders. I have set up several flows and the flow start points are often hot folders on a s...
- Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:57 pm
- Forum: Flows
- Topic: Remove periods from XML value
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2968
Re: Remove periods from XML value
Thank you for this. As it turns out, I abandoned the dummy file idea. I thought of using Rename job to get a good text string, then follow it with another Rename job to restore the original file name. Then after doing that, I thought, why not just let the file keep the new name, no need to restore t...
- Tue Aug 17, 2021 1:09 am
- Forum: Flows
- Topic: Remove periods from XML value
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2968
Re: Remove periods from XML value
I worked on this for a little while, and it looks like the Search option can grab text based on the period, and not include the period: Search="[^.]{1,}" This works, but not all the time. If the value was Mechanical Engineering Inc. It returns Mechanical Engineering Inc But, if it is J.B. ...
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 6:14 pm
- Forum: Flows
- Topic: Remove periods from XML value
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2968
Remove periods from XML value
I feel like there is an easy way to do this that I cannot figure out. I am using XML Pickup element. In subsequent flow elements I access the desired Metadata value using Metadata:Text:Path. I need a way to drop periods from the value as it is returned. Isn't there a way to use regular expressions t...
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 5:51 pm
- Forum: Flows
- Topic: Trigger flow for XML in job folder with asset
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2785
Re: Trigger flow for XML in job folder with asset
Thank you for this! Very helpful.
- Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:27 pm
- Forum: Flows
- Topic: Trigger flow for XML in job folder with asset
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2785
Trigger flow for XML in job folder with asset
I have an XML pickup flow set up that accepts a folder containing the XML and the asset. This is a Submit Hierarchy flow with target folder level and name. The way it works now, I have a folder containing the XML. I wait a while for the artwork, indefinitely, sometimes for days. When I get it, I put...
- Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:24 pm
- Forum: Flows
- Topic: Count value of PDFs on top level of job folder
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2987
Re: Count value of PDFs on top level of job folder
Thank you this is a huge help.
- Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:06 pm
- Forum: Flows
- Topic: Count value of PDFs on top level of job folder
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2987
Count value of PDFs on top level of job folder
This is a follow up to a question I asked earlier. I know I can filter out PDFs on the top level of a folder. If I ungroup, I can direct files from the top level using [Job.PrivateData:Key="<Ungroup>.FilePath"] Does Not Match .+ (RegExp) From there I filter out PDFs. So if the job has thre...
- Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:02 pm
- Forum: Flows
- Topic: Assemble Job after Job Dismantler
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3145
Re: Assemble Job after Job Dismantler
Thank you this was very helpful.
- Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:07 am
- Forum: Flows
- Topic: Assemble Job after Job Dismantler
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3145
Assemble Job after Job Dismantler
I hope I can explain this. What I want is to ungroup a job folder, but preserve folders and files below the first level. The reason I need this. I built a flow to preflight PDFs. The job was a folder with PDFs in it, and then more subfolders. When I ungrouped the job, it preflighted the PDFs, but it...
- Mon May 17, 2021 8:01 pm
- Forum: Applications
- Topic: Identify InDesign Package folder
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5918
Re: Identify InDesign Package folder
Thank you both for your assistance. Stupid me, didn't realize how the file filters work. Now I know – if a folder contains an InDesign file on level 1, it will qualify and pass on. I will look into the Folder app you mention. I had an interesting condition last week. A zip file. Once unzipped, it wa...
- Mon May 17, 2021 5:05 pm
- Forum: Applications
- Topic: Identify InDesign Package folder
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5918
Identify InDesign Package folder
Please forgive me I am struggling to learn Switch. When I submit an InDesign folder package to the InDesign flow element it works great. My question is: how do I identify a folder as an InDesign package before it goes to the InDesign flow element? I know the folder contents are on level 1: InDesign ...
- Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:06 am
- Forum: Flows
- Topic: Question about Set Hierarchy Path coming from XML
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3314
Question about Set Hierarchy Path coming from XML
Please bear with me I am still learning. I have a question about Set Hierarchy Path, where the folder name is coming from an XML. I am running Switch Fall 2020 on iMac, which is running 10.15.7. The flow starts with XML pickup, the metadata is the asset. Set Hierarchy Path pulls a text string from t...