Regarding the other issues. I'm basing my responses on this simple XML file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <XML> <JobName>My Job Name</JobName> <JobDetails Quantity="200" Priority="Low" DueDate="2017-01-20"/> <AssetFileLocation>http://localh...

What version of the configurator are you running? I don't think XML was a supported until version 8.

You could filter based on file size. If the response that comes back is less than a certain size you could delete it, if not send it through. The other (more complicated) method I could think of is to first send a JMF Status query to check on the press. If the status is one of the down states then d...

A more automated method to handle this would be through JMF queries. On the HP Production Pro product page I uploaded a simple flow that sends various JMF queries and captures the response as metadata using the XML Pickup element. You can find it here under the title " Send JMF Query and captur...

This is how I did it recently in one of my scripts (This is checking incoming jobs to a script on a timer interval, but you could easily change it to look at another directory and check the age of the files in that directory). I also had a property value named "timeout" where I set the tim...

JMF has a special Content-Type. For standard XML you'll probably want to use:

httpClient.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/xml");

Other than that just make sure that the httpClient.setAttachedFile(location) is pointing to the location of your XML file.

From my understanding Sort job is kind of the legacy method for doing this type of thing. I would use the XML pickup feature combined with the option "Condition with variables defined" on the outgoing connectors. Given a flow like this: https://i.imgur.com/4GMrkNZ.jpg You can select one of...

If you're able to inject some kind of metadata with the job then Switch does a great job of sorting based on metadata values, file names etc. However, things can get complex if you have vary large value sets that you want to sort on, or there aren't a pre-defined set of values to sort on. For exampl...

I've created a few. Your solution is probably going to depend on what imposition software you want to use, what kind of throughput you need, and you'll almost surely end up needing to do at least some basic scripting. Most of the configurators are pretty basic in regards to logic, so you'll need to ...

That looks like it tried to RIP an invalid file. Perhaps the file was corrupted during the move? Are you sure the network connection between the Switch server and the RIP is stable, and that the DFE was not offline when the move occurred? If the job moves on to the RIP state then it was able to acce...

When you say it gets to the DFE and tries to RIP but does nothing, is the job in a Pre-RIP state? Does it eventually go into "Needs Attention"? If so look a the job log and see if there is an error that is similar to "Unable to download asset at ..." If so then the PDF probably d...

Just a word of caution. Excel has an export to XML option. I would avoid that if at all possible. It's difficult to parse without knowing what row/column you need in advance, and if they change the format of the spreadsheet it will most likely break your switch flow. I've run into situations in the ...

Sorry for the delay in responding I was at DRUPA. The latest beta of the JDF configurator allows you to set the ReturnJMF URL in the properties settings when output format is set to MIME. If you send me a PM I'll respond with an FTP to the Beta configurator. Just to clarify: a .mjm file includes a J...

Glad to hear. Let me me know if you have any other issues.

Unfortunately I don't think it's possible. I think the name of the configurator conflicts and overwrites the existing version. However version 9 doesn't change much in the way of functionality. It's mostly defect fixes. I think it's pretty safe to install. I developed version 9 in Switch 13, so it i...