1. Add or edit a smart hot folder.
2. Under
Smart Hot Folder Location
, select the location of the smart
hot folder:
To locate it
Do this
In the
Jobs
\SmartHotFolders
folder
Select the
Use Default Location
check
box.
Outside the
Jobs
\SmartHotFolders
folder
Click
Browse
. In the Select Folder dialog
box, select a location.
3. If the smart hot folder will be used to process files or create jobs,
and you want the files to be deleted after they are processed, select
the
Automatically Remove Processed Files from Smart Hot Folder
check box.
4. Under
Hot Folder Type
, select the smart hot folder function (see
About the Hot Folder Type Options
):
To
Do this
●
Create jobs
●
Process the source files
●
Move or rename the source files
(optional)
Select
Job Creator
.
Move or rename the source files (not
create jobs or process files)
Select
File Mover/Renamer
.
5. If you chose
Job Creator
, under
Create new jobs based on the Job
Template
, click
Browse
.
a. In the Select Template Job dialog box, select the template job
(and any aspects that you want to copy into new jobs).
b. If the job will process files, select
Hot Folders
.
c. Click
OK
.
6. In the left pane, click
Source and Target Patterns
.
7. In the
Source File Name Pattern
box, type the naming pattern for
the source file name.
For example, type
[$Name]_[#Date:6]_[$PubPart].
[%Ext]
.
8. If you chose
Job Creator
, in the
Target Job Name Pattern
box, type
the naming pattern for the target job.
You can type a specific job name, such as
TeenZone_040404
, or
a variable job name using a naming pattern that back-references
the source-file naming pattern, such as
[%Name]_[#Date]
.
Note: If you want to locate the target job in a specific group, click
Browse
next
to the
Target Group
box and select a group. By default, jobs are located in the
same group as the template job. Note that you can't use naming patterns for
Target Group.
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