Pitstop Server - how to check spot colors

ArielRauch · Post by **ArielRauch** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 2:26 pm

Hi,

I would like to to have the user input all the spot color names (only the number part) that should be in the job file and then have Pitstop server check it (via configurator).

Now there is the "check spot color name" action with regular expression which does exactly what I want but it logs the answer as warning or error if it finds the spot name. I need it the other way arround.

Any suggestions?

Ariel

freddyp · Post by **freddyp** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:58 am

Use the Action "Select page if objects are selected" and invert that selection. If there are pages that are still selected, it means the colors are not there.

Freddy

ArielRauch · Post by **ArielRauch** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 3:50 pm

not sure that I understood: the result of check spot color is perfect if the reaction was success. Only if the spot color does not exists I want an error

freddyp · Post by **freddyp** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:37 pm

Select spot color by name (using regex)

Select page if content is selected ("Only select page object" and "equal to - 0")

Log selection (with a message and set it to error)

If the spot color does not appear (number of selected objects is 0), the selection in the second line will be empty and the third line will do nothing. Else, you get the log and the error status.

Freddy

ArielRauch · Post by **ArielRauch** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:03 am

It works like a charm!!! Thank you Freddy.

Last thing with this issue (I think): I would like to have the user input only a number. I do not find a programmatic way to enclose the number with .*.* for the regular expression.

With switch it is easy but what about Pitstop Server alone?

Thanks

Ariel

freddyp · Post by **freddyp** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:46 pm

In the variable set put .* before and .* after the variable. Something like:

.*[Metadata.Text:Path="/field-list/field[tag='Ink nr']/value",Dataset="Submit",Model="XML"].*

Freddy

ArielRauch · Post by **ArielRauch** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:17 am

I did this of course. I meant on the Pitserver level when defining the variable assignment.

Thank you, Freddy

freddyp · Post by **freddyp** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:06 am

When defining variables in a variable set in PitStop Server you can certain manipulations (uppercase conversion, regex, ...) on, but you cannot add anything to the value you retrieve from the XML job ticket.

Freddy

ArielRauch · Post by **ArielRauch** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:07 am

thank you