Automator: There should be a "Target" action

An awesome and powerful feature Apple should add to Automator would be a Target action. This action would allow you to point to it from other actions and direct the workflow to that action. Would be great for creating IF statements and branching in your workflow or for looping sections of your workflow. If something like this already exists, please let me know. If not, holler your support!

This is possible, I think; if memory serves a third party developer offered an action that did something along these lines back when Automator first came out. Apple didn't do it, IMO, because in their model actions are supposed to handle multipe inputs in parallel rather than through a looping structure. Retrofitting it would be difficult because of the way apple designed the workflow plists. Workflows establish connections by making pairwise associations between UUIDs generated at the time the workflow was created.
Sorry, just finishing up an app intended to deal with this very problem, so the details are fresh in my head. If you'd like me to over-expain some more, just ask.

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There should be a better way , while burning a playlist!

I have the latest version of iTunes, and, yesterday, I downloaded an album, but, I ended up wasting three CDs before I got the answer from another music player. iTunes gave me no clue.
The problem: a 13-track playlist took about 20 sec. to burn. I, even, remade the playlist. I was getting the list of songs when I put the CD in the CD player drive, and they played, but my external CD player indicated that I had a single song, and nothing played. Finally, I played the CD with Winamp, which confirmed that I had a single DATA file. I remember trying to burn some data a while back, so I changed my settings for burning, and they were set for Data. There was no further problem after changing to CD (burning DATA files, ironically, did not work).
I can understand the problem, but I am still wondering why iTunes tries to confuse me every time I try to make changes in my preferences, telling me that I "don't have enough permissions", although I am the administrator.
Then, changes to the format are not obvious, and I get no notice that I am burning music files as data. There are enough lame questioning about certain actions, but not for something so important. Why I am not asked:"are you sure that you want to burn the album as Data".
I think that this is a bug, if I ever seen one, and the permissions thing makes it worse.
Finally, why is not possible to leave notices like I did here. Typically, support is either here, or miserable if requested from Apple. There should be a way.
I understand my problem,

I am still wondering why iTunes tries to confuse me every time I try to make changes in my preferences, telling me that I "don't have enough permissions", although I am the administrator.
That's clearly a fault. Whether it's an iTunes problem or a Windows problem I can't say at this time. If you search the Using iTunes for Windows forum for "permissions", you should find threads that can help you sort out this problem.
Then, changes to the format are not obvious, and I get no notice that I am burning music files as data.
If you click on a playlist and look at the lower-right of the iTunes window, it says right there what format it will use to burn the playlist.

Do you know if theres any plans to incorporate "Actions" into Lightroom as there currently are in Photoshop ?

Just a quick question on Photoshop Actions.
Does anyone know if theres any plans to incorporate Actions into Lightroom ? It would be great if there were Actions or Macros to speed up repetitive tasks.

I think the most important question here is Rob's: "What would be your first macros/actions if such feature was supported?"
Because Lightroom already automates corrections, but in a different (and sometimes better) way than Photoshop. For example, in Photoshop you might use an action to record a string of adjustments to contrast, local contrast, curves, cropping, and lens correction. That could be a pretty long action. But in Lightroom, all you have to do is make a single preset and when you do, all of those steps are applied in one instant instead of having to wait for many Photoshop action steps to complete. Same with exporting: In Photoshop, making an output-specific version can mean recording a lot of steps for resizing, color conversion, sharpening, etc. But since Lightroom lets you save all those as an Export Preset, once again it only takes an instant to apply it. So a lot of times, automating is actually easier and faster in Lightroom.
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WL Process Integrator exception: Target Action not found

Hi,
When I tried to respond to 'send XML to Client' request through
worklist.response() method, I am getting the following error.
I have specified action id as the nodeId in response() method. Please let me know
what should be the nodeId to be specified in worklist.response() method.
Thanks,
Ravi.
======Exception I received =========
Workflow error: com.bea.wlpi.common.WorkflowException: The server was unable to
complete your request.
The system could not find the target action "994751618106".
at com.bea.wlpi.server.worklist.WorklistBean.response(WorklistBean.java:
495)
at com.bea.wlpi.server.worklist.WorklistBeanImpl.response(WorklistBeanIm
pl.java:130)
at com.bea.wlpi.server.worklist.WorklistBeanEOImpl.response(WorklistBean
EOImpl.java:65)
at ExecuteTask.doPost(ExecuteTask.java:55)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubIm
pl.java:213)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppSe
rvletContext.java:1265)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestIm
pl.java:1631)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:137)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:120)
Nested exception is: Workflow error: com.bea.wlpi.common.WorkflowException: The
system could not find the target action "T1".
at com.bea.wlpi.server.workflow.Workflow.response(Workflow.java:680)
at com.bea.wlpi.server.workflowprocessor.WorkflowProcessorBean$7.invoke(
WorkflowProcessorBean.java:949)
at com.bea.wlpi.server.workflowprocessor.WorkflowProcessorBean.performWi
thErrorHandling(WorkflowProcessorBean.java:1102)
at com.bea.wlpi.server.workflowprocessor.WorkflowProcessorBean.response(
WorkflowProcessorBean.java:944)
at com.bea.wlpi.server.workflowprocessor.WorkflowProcessorBeanImpl.respo
nse(WorkflowProcessorBeanImpl.java:409)
at com.bea.wlpi.server.workflowprocessor.WorkflowProcessorBeanEOImpl.res
ponse(WorkflowProcessorBeanEOImpl.java:510)
at com.bea.wlpi.server.worklist.WorklistBean.response(WorklistBean.java:
491)
at com.bea.wlpi.server.worklist.WorklistBeanImpl.response(WorklistBeanIm
pl.java:130)
at com.bea.wlpi.server.worklist.WorklistBeanEOImpl.response(WorklistBean
EOImpl.java:65)
at ExecuteTask.doPost(ExecuteTask.java:55)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubIm
pl.java:213)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppSe
rvletContext.java:1265)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestIm
pl.java:1631)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:137)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:120)

Ravi
I suggest that you download the worklist jsp from the developer site.
Although this was for wls 5.1 and wlpi 1.2 you will find that the actual
java code within the jsp has not changed and is a good source of
documentation.
Tony
"Ravi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
Hi,
When I tried to respond to 'send XML to Client' request through
worklist.response() method, I am getting the following error.
I have specified action id as the nodeId in response() method. Please letme know
what should be the nodeId to be specified in worklist.response() method.
Thanks,
Ravi.
======Exception I received =========
Workflow error: com.bea.wlpi.common.WorkflowException: The server wasunable to
complete your request.
The system could not find the target action "994751618106".
atcom.bea.wlpi.server.worklist.WorklistBean.response(WorklistBean.java:
495)
atcom.bea.wlpi.server.worklist.WorklistBeanImpl.response(WorklistBeanIm
pl.java:130)
atcom.bea.wlpi.server.worklist.WorklistBeanEOImpl.response(WorklistBean
EOImpl.java:65)
at ExecuteTask.doPost(ExecuteTask.java:55)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
atweblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubIm
pl.java:213)
atweblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppSe
rvletContext.java:1265)
atweblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestIm
pl.java:1631)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:137)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:120)
Nested exception is: Workflow error:com.bea.wlpi.common.WorkflowException: The
system could not find the target action "T1".
atcom.bea.wlpi.server.workflow.Workflow.response(Workflow.java:680)
atcom.bea.wlpi.server.workflowprocessor.WorkflowProcessorBean$7.invoke(
WorkflowProcessorBean.java:949)
atcom.bea.wlpi.server.workflowprocessor.WorkflowProcessorBean.performWi
thErrorHandling(WorkflowProcessorBean.java:1102)
atcom.bea.wlpi.server.workflowprocessor.WorkflowProcessorBean.response(
WorkflowProcessorBean.java:944)
atcom.bea.wlpi.server.workflowprocessor.WorkflowProcessorBeanImpl.respo
nse(WorkflowProcessorBeanImpl.java:409)
atcom.bea.wlpi.server.workflowprocessor.WorkflowProcessorBeanEOImpl.res
ponse(WorkflowProcessorBeanEOImpl.java:510)
atcom.bea.wlpi.server.worklist.WorklistBean.response(WorklistBean.java:
491)
atcom.bea.wlpi.server.worklist.WorklistBeanImpl.response(WorklistBeanIm
pl.java:130)
atcom.bea.wlpi.server.worklist.WorklistBeanEOImpl.response(WorklistBean
EOImpl.java:65)
at ExecuteTask.doPost(ExecuteTask.java:55)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
atweblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubIm
pl.java:213)
atweblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppSe
rvletContext.java:1265)
atweblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestIm
pl.java:1631)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:137)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:120)

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I am trying to fill in a PDF online- there should be a submit button but it isn't showing. My partner has an identical Mac and can see the button- what do I change in system preferences to resolve?

I am trying to fill in a PDF form online- there should be a submit button but it isn't showing. My partner has an identical Mac and can see the button when he opens the same page- what do I change in my systen system preferences to resolve this?

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Is there a way to set wireless network priority on iphone? If not, there should be!

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Automator: There should be a "Target" action

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