Xerox 5 User Manual

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VI PDF Originator User’s GuideVIPO-32 FreeFlow Variable Information Suite 5.0 (7/2006)File ready checkThe file ready check feature allows you to choose the method you want VIPO to use todetermine if a file is ready for use in a VIPO application. Using this feature preventsproblems that may occur when the WFC encounters a file that may not be ready forsubmission. For example, a very large file that is still being transferred or copied from aremote location or files being built “on the fly” by an automated process.The File Ready Check button invokes this dialog:The dialog offers two choices to check for file readiness before a file is actually picked upfor job submission:• Check for Existence of Flag File — Used to directly signal the WFC when a file isready for job submission by creating a “flag” file. The flag file is an empty file youcreate. In addition to having the same name as the job file, this file must have theadditional extension: ._File_Ready_For_Submission_.Thus, the flag file for myVIProject.vpc, becomes:myVIProject.vpc._File_Ready_For_Submission_You must create the flag file associated with the job file in the watched folder afterthe file is ready for submission. If no flag file is found while this option is active, thejob file will not be processed for job submission and is ignored by the file search atevery watch interval.• Check for File Size Changes — This is the default setting in which the WFC checksand monitors changes in the file size at every watch interval. If the size of the file tobe submitted does not change at all within the specified period of time, the file isconsidered to be ready for job submission and is processed at that time, whether ornot a flag file exists. The range of time is from 5 to 1800 seconds, the defaultthreshold is 120 seconds.