Enrichment Visual Engineer Plus Workflow

This section provides a quick reference to all the major steps in the Visual Engineer Plus workflow. Follow these steps to complete your project.

Note: While this is the recommended Visual Engineer Plus workflow, you can follow your own.
  1. Open or create a control file. For instructions on creating a control file, see Creating a New Control File.
  2. In the control file, add an <INPUT> tag group. For instructions on adding a tag group to a control file, see Tags and Tag Groups.
  3. In the newly created <INPUT> tag group, add the <FILE> tag to specify the file name of the print stream you wish to process. For instructions on adding a tag, see Tags and Tag Groups.
  4. Right-click anywhere in the <INPUT> tag group, and then select either the data viewer or the graphic viewer from the shortcut menu. For more information, see Opening a Print Stream.
  5. Define the print stream's page breaks and/or document breaks. For more information, see Setting and Verifying Document Breaks.
  6. Define the print stream's fields. For more information, see Creating a Field.
  7. Use the appropriate tags and/or rule file logic to make the desired modifications to the input print stream. For more information, see the Enrichment Language Reference Guide.
  8. Test the application using the Enrichment Application Test. For instructions, see Running Application Test.
  9. Once the job has finished running, view the output. For instructions, see Viewing Output. To view a side-by-side comparison of the input print stream and the output, use the compare tool. For instructions, see Comparing Input and Output.