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by dkelly
Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:23 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Send email from variable in XML
Replies: 3
Views: 4255

Re: Send email from variable in XML

Easiest way to select fields from XML is to add a folder in front of email send and hold the connection. You will have to put dummy values in some of the required fields of email send element. Make sure there's an XML Pickup in flow. Drop a sample XML into flow and stop it when it reaches the held c...
by dkelly
Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:59 pm
Forum: LEGACY scripting
Topic: Acrobat Forms
Replies: 5
Views: 8954

Re: Acrobat Forms

Read the Switch documentation on scripting applications with Javascript. You will have to make changes to the Acrobat Javascript to make it work with Switch. For example, replacing 'this' with '$doc'.
by dkelly
Wed May 27, 2015 4:35 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: XML and PDF files
Replies: 2
Views: 3596

Re: XML and PDF files

Unless you want to write a custom javascript or XSL it would be easier to create a separate XML for each PDF.
by dkelly
Tue May 26, 2015 9:20 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: send mail template
Replies: 5
Views: 6479

Re: send mail template

Switch is attempting to interpret square brackets in HTML, [class=wrapper], as variables, eg. [Job.NameProper]
by dkelly
Tue May 26, 2015 3:30 pm
Forum: LEGACY scripting
Topic: Export a file without the unique ID file name
Replies: 4
Views: 7572

Re: Export a file without the unique ID file name

Switch does left( length : Number ) : String Returns a substring containing the length leftmost characters of this string. right( length : Number ) : String Returns a substring containing the length rightmost characters of this string. and for Adobe apps you can define as function left(str, n){ if (...
by dkelly
Fri May 22, 2015 3:53 pm
Forum: Preflighting
Topic: Removing completely covered objects
Replies: 0
Views: 5041

Re: Removing completely covered objects

Not sure how to do it with Pitstop but Apago PDF Enhancer can remove hidden objects.
by dkelly
Fri May 22, 2015 3:51 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Smart Preflight to check number of pages
Replies: 1
Views: 3309

Re: Smart Preflight to check number of pages

You don't need preflight, just use Switch variables.

Job.Name starts-with BCDS AND Stats.NumberOfPages EQUALS 2
OR
Job.Name starts-with BCSS AND Stats.NumberOfPages EQUALS 1
by dkelly
Mon May 11, 2015 11:34 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Combining XML files
Replies: 6
Views: 10333

Re: Combining XML files

Apago would be able to write a custom Javascript to combine all XML files in a job folder. Contact us @ sales@apago.com for more information.
by dkelly
Mon May 04, 2015 5:46 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Combining XML files
Replies: 6
Views: 10333

Re: Combining XML files

If necessary, rename the 2 XML files to make their names consistent. Then merge with a XSL like <?xml version="1.0" ?> <xsl:transform xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:copy-of select="...
by dkelly
Mon May 04, 2015 3:27 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Combining XML files
Replies: 6
Views: 10333

Re: Combining XML files

Google "XSL merge" or write a simple Javascript
by dkelly
Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:02 pm
Forum: LEGACY scripting
Topic: Parsing XML like txt
Replies: 1
Views: 3042

Re: Parsing XML like txt

Use this style sheet <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <xsl:template match="node() | @*"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-t...
by dkelly
Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:40 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: How to assemble a XML and PDF
Replies: 2
Views: 3358

Re: How to assemble a XML and PDF

The answer depends on the type of XML you want to convert PDF. If it is a preexisting XML schema and you want to say a form then you can look at XSL:FO which using XSL style sheets to convert from data XML to a formatted PDF. It's a complex specialized skill however. If you can create an XML descrip...
by dkelly
Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:50 pm
Forum: LEGACY scripting
Topic: Date in UTC?
Replies: 2
Views: 4035

Re: Date in UTC?

If you only have a few timezones to convert from you could parse the string and do adjustment yourself in Javascript. Otherwise, port something like https://github.com/mde/timezone-js to Switch
by dkelly
Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:55 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Failed to connect to mail server; error message: Already connected.
Replies: 2
Views: 5101

Re: Failed to connect to mail server; error message: Already connected.

We saw this error a lot in earlier Switch 12 releases but Update 3 appears to be more reliable.