Start and Stop Grab Mode

A grab file is a capture of a Lasernet job’s data, at a specific point during the processing of that job by a Lasernet environment. For example, a grab file could be captured after an input module in a Lasernet workflow has read a received input file.

A Lasernet environment can be set up to capture grab files when modules or forms are processed.

Grab files can:

• Serve as representative input data files that you can use when you design and test forms.

• Act as data captures that help you debug Lasernet workflows.

The data in grab files is captured after a module’s “pre JobInfos” and “enter modifiers” have run, but before the module’s “post JobInfos” and “exit modifiers” have run.

Note

This page applies to Lasernet 11. For information about starting and stopping grab mode in Lasernet 10, see the Lasernet Developer 10 Guide.

Types of Grab File

Lasernet 11 creates LNJOB grab files. An LNJOB grab file contains all of a job’s JobInfos (including JobData). JobData is an important JobInfo because it carries the data that the Lasernet workflow was processing (at the time that the grab file was captured) in order to create the output document.

Lasernet 11 can also open grab files that consist of only job data. This type of grab file can be in .grab format or in a format (such as .xml or .txt) that indicates the type of data that the grab file contains. These non-LNJOB grab files do not contain any JobInfos.

Start and Stop Grab Mode

To start grab mode for a particular Lasernet environment:

1. In the Tools menu of the Lasernet Config web app, click Environments.

2. Click the environment that you want to modify, then click Edit.

3. In the Edit Environment window, click the Grab tab.

4. Select the checkbox for each type of Lasernet workflow element that you want to turn grab mode on for:

   • Input

   • Engine

   • Forms

   • Output

5. Optional: Adjust Max grabs per object.

6. Click OK.

Note

The other applications that you can toggle grab mode from are Lasernet Developer and Lasernet Form Editor. For more information, refer to the corresponding Lasernet guides:

• Turn Grab Mode On and Off (Form Editor guide)

• Lasernet Developer 11 Guide