Source Settings

The Source Settings tab is used to define where the PDF documents are coming from and how often to look for them. The tab has the following sections:

• Establish Job Scheduling - Set the job scheduling options in this section.
• Delay: This delay in seconds tells PAS how often to look for PDF documents from a source.
• Look inside ZIP files: Select this option to open any incoming file with a '.zip' extension and extract files within it to be processed as part of the job.
• Pattern: Only the immediate internal files which match the pattern will be submitted for processing, and only those with an extension which is appropriate to the job type. After obtaining the matching files, the zip file, in its entirety, will be deleted. This feature is for implementing a specifically designed process flow that encapsulates the incoming files within transient zip files.
• Order: Specifies the order in which files within the zip files will be extracted (and thus to be processed).
• Look inside PDF for embedded files: PDF files such as portfolios can contain embedded files as attachments. Select this option to open any incoming PDF file and extract embedded files within it to be processed as part of the job.
• Pattern: Only the immediate embedded files which match the pattern will be submitted for processing, and only those with an extension which is appropriate to the job type.
• All embedded files / Selected embedded files: Check "Selected embedded files" and enter a range of indices to process only specific embedded files within the incoming PDF files. Enter a single index, an index range, or multiple indices and ranges, separated by commas. For instance 1,3-5,8 will print the first embedded file, files 3 to 5 and file 8.
• Ignore PDF container when portfolio: Check this if PAS should ignore the PDF container file when it's a portfolio. Most PDF portfolios are indeed only containers and do not need to be processed themselves as part of the job.
• Recovery Options: Set here the number of recovery attempts if there are any errors (such as not being able to connect to an email server) and the interval between recovery attempts.
• Watch a Local Folder - Use this section when the PDF document will be placed in a folder in a local or network drive. The section requires the name of the folder and the file pattern to look for.
• Watch an FTP Server - Use this section if PAS is picking up PDF documents from an FTP server. On every watch interval, PAS will log into the FTP server and check for any files that match the given file pattern. After the files are transferred to a local working folder, they are deleted in the FTP server folder.
• Check E-Mail for Attached Files - Use this section if PDF documents are being delivered via e-mail. On every watch interval, PAS will log into the E-Mail server and check all incoming emails for a given e-mail address. If any e-mails have PDF documents attached, they will be processed by the server.