External - Calculations on variables and update

[StefanT-Xerox]

Please see https://forum.support.xerox.com/t5/FreeFlow-Core/New-external-variable-updated-in-workflow-with-exte...

[barwapk]

Thank You Stefan, it is working with this solution.

Can You tell something more about variables in 6.1 ? How to edit couple of variables at one time?

[StefanT-Xerox]

Try the attached in FreeFlow Core 6.1.

Stefan

[barwapk]

Anybody? Meaby some settings? Im using the same workflow and scripts as in 5.4

[barwapk]

Is there any change in subbmiting XPF to printer since Core 5.4? Now I have Core 6.1 and this solution stoped to work..

[StefanT-Xerox]

You can update the XPIF by using the $FFxpf$ variable. As the job is printed then either XPIF will be used for Xerox printers or it will be converted to JDF for supported non-Xerox printers.

[barwapk]

Great this will do the work. Thank You Stefan :)

to set any variable to Print i have to have XPIF or JDF?

[StefanT-Xerox · Accepted solution]

Using the script I first sent you can add column B as the Standard Field Quantity in the MAX Setup on the hotfolder.

If you wish to do this in an External Process instead you can before printing the job insert Save and an External Process.

Parameters:
"$FFin$" "$FFout$" "$FFxpf$" "$FFwfJob.jobName$" "$FFwfdoc.Keywords$"

The Python script will set "$FFwfdoc.Keywords$" to the number of copies in the XPIF.

Stefan

[barwapk]

Everything greate but im submitting file by hotfolder passing PDF and I want to change the value of Quantity (for Print node in next step). By default it is set it to 1, I want to change it by calculating in External. Then I can save MAX with calculated quantity by this script?

[StefanT-Xerox]

At this moment you cannot update the variable. What you can do however is to create a MAX file on the fly with the variable calculated. As an example the attached script, that you will need to run on a hotfolder, will get the keyword from the pdf as an integer, multiply the keyword by two and create a MAX file that is sent to and picked up by FFCore.

If a pdf named test.pdf is submitted to the hotfolder and if its contains the keyword 123, the resulting MAX file will contain:

C:\Temp\test.pdf;246

You alse need to use the MAX Setup on the hotfolder and set the file to be picked up from column A and the custom variable from column B and select ; as separator. If you set the name of the variable for column B to for instance calculatedkeyword you can then use it as a variable in a workflow by using $FFcalculatedkeyword$

Stefan