About the Configurator Module

If you have licensed the Configurator Module, a number of additional processes can be performed, i.e. by third-party applications (Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Automation Engine… ) integrated in Switch. This is possible thanks to the configurator flow elements, which allow you to connect to these applications from within a Switch flow.

Configurators are available in the Configurators category of the Flow elements pane, and must be dropped onto the canvas, just like the other flow elements.

Note: You can only use configurators for applications that you have installed - preferably before installing Switch; if installed while Switch is running, make sure to restart the service to allow Switch to find the application. Configurators for applications that are not available are hidden or displayed in gray (depending on your settings - to change these settings, click

in the upper right corner of the pane).

The configurators are grouped into different categories. Configurators that are not signed (i.e. NOT approved by Enfocus) - this is possible if you have created them yourself using SwitchScripter - are placed in a category called "Custom".

How it works

Configurators allow you to send files to 3rd applications from within a Switch workflow. The sent files are processed by this application, and once processed, they are returned to Switch, so that Switch can further process the resulting files as required.

Note: As the files are managed continually in Switch, Switch job data (hierarchy information, metadata) is automatically maintained throughout the flow.

In the example below, the input files are first sent to Photoshop for converting the images to PDF; afterwards the resulting PDFs are sent to PitStop Server to be preflighted. The result of the preflight (OK or not OK) is used to sort the output files.