List files
You can use list files to process multiple files with or without a JDF job ticket
or to process overrides files with files.
The limitations of using a list file with a job ticket include:
- The files must be submitted with the job ticket; they cannot be located on another system and accessed using a mapping file.
- All the files must be submitted directly to the Folder location, not to a subfolder.
If you use a list file, you must use the List batching method.
You can use list files in these ways:
- If the job ticket does not include the names of all the input files, the list file can include them along with the name of the job ticket file. When all the files are present, the job is submitted.
- You can create a generic job ticket, which uses placeholder file names instead of
real file names, so you can reuse the ticket with different jobs. The list file contains
the names of the specific files that are used for the job. The order of the file names
in the list file must correspond to the placeholder file names in the job ticket;
the first file listed in the list file must correspond to the first placeholder file
listed in the job ticket.
For example, if your application prints various booklets that all contain four files (a front cover, a fly leaf, the body of the booklet, and a back cover), you can create a job ticket that includes four files in the order that they should print:
frontcover.pdf flyleaf.pdf bookletbody.pdf backcover.pdf
Note: In this case, the job ticket must include only file names without any path information.For each booklet, you can then create a list file that lists the specific files in the same order:
- Booklet 1 list file contains:
booklet1fc.pdf booklet1fl.pdf booklet1body.pdf booklet1bc.pdf
- Booklet 2 list file contains:
booklet2fc.pdf booklet2fl.pdf booklet2body.pdf booklet2bc.pdf
- Booklet 1 list file contains:
- You can create a list file that contains the name of the input file or files and the
overrides files that are associated with them. The name of the overrides file must
appear immediately after the input file that it is associated with in the list. The
names of the input files and overrides files are case-sensitive and each file name
must be on a separate line. Do not include directory information with the file name.
For example, the list file might contain this information:
input1.pdf prop1.oth input2.pdf prop.oth input3.pdf duplex.oth input4.pdf inputfiles.oth