Making profiles more dynamic

[ET]

Hello everyone,



I have a powerswitch flow that I would like to make more dynamic.



The purpose of the flow is to detect certain colors in the file and then slice those colors out to another file. Currently, I am using a profile to put the desired colors on their own layers, then using slice to create the additional pdf. To accomplish this, I believe I must use slice, which in turn requires a custom profile targeting only 1 color.



Is am confused about using the variable icons that are omnipresent whenever I create a new profile. Would it be possible to somehow make the color name in my slice profile dynamic so the flow could be simplified, and hopefully be made more efficient?



If not, perhaps someone could clear me up on the best use of variables within checks, fixups and profiles.



Thanks in advance,



Eric

[mattbeals]

Which tools are you using or do you already have?

[ET]

We are using callas toolbox 5 and powerswitch. Currently no configurators other than acrobat Pro.

[Peter Kleinheider]

ET,



when U have a PDF with layers, use the "Split Layers" Action. No need to provide any .kfpx file.



To dynamically drive the fixup to add elements to layers, use the variables feature



a) when defining the fixup

b) inside Switch passing values to overwrite the defaults of the defined variables in the .kfpx file to control which objects are added to the layer



Have you worked using the dynamic variables feature of pdfToolbox inside Switch yet?



Cheers,

Peter Kleinheider

[ET]

Thanks for the response.



No, I have not worked with dynamic variables within switch. It seems that they would be very helpful, but I have not had success getting them to work. I am looking for Switch to dynamically change variable values on the fly based on the content of the pdf being processed. I quess I need a couple of examples.