To create and run a new process file
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Use BarTender Process Builder to build a process to print one or more documents or to perform other actions, such as sending an email message or writing to a database. By using Process Builder, you can create customizable process files so that you can automate repetitive operations. You can easily use the Process Builder user interface as an alternative to programming interfaces such as ActiveX, the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK, the command line interface, or BTXML script.
BarTender process files have the *.btproc file name extension and can be used to perform a wide variety of actions on multiple BarTender documents in a single operation. For example, you can create a process file that prints multiple documents over and over again, writes data to a file or database, and sends an email message, all by using a single command.
You can use a process file when an event in a business process requires a repetitive set of steps. For example, you might require that the following operations occur in the following sequence whenever an order is received:
Print one copy of DocumentA.btw to printer X
Print one copy of DocumentB.btw to printer Y
Insert a record into a database
Rather than opening the two documents separately in BarTender to print them and then manually updating the database each time an order is received, you can use a process file to automatically open and print the documents and update the database in one operation. You can also specify that other actions take place when the process file is run, such as automatically sending an email message or deleting a file.
To create and run a new process file
Process Builder uses the Integration Service to manage and run process files and their actions.
Using the Process Builder Interface
The components of the Process Builder user interface help you to successfully create and test your process files. This section describes these components. They include comprehensive design and test views that include dialogs that you can use to select and configure the actions that you want to use.
Creating, Testing, and Running Process Files
This section provides step-by-step procedures to help you successfully create and test your process files.
Learn how to use variables, which are placeholders that represent specific information at the time that a process file is run.
Each process file that you create can perform multiple actions that you can automate. By using Process Builder, you can configure each action separately, specify the order in which they are performed, and group actions together. This section describes the actions that Process Builder supports and the properties that you can configure for each action.
If after consulting this online help system you have difficulty using Process Builder, you can visit the BarTender online Support Center for training videos and technical support information.