Almost all values and settings in gotomaxx PDFMAILER can be customised using the default control symbols .
Additionally, you can draw on internal PDFMAILER or user-defined variables.
Fields that allow working with variables are easily recognised by the variable selection icon 
in or next to the relevant input field.
The variable selection allows you to add one or more variables to the respective input field. A variable entered this way will be highlighted in yellow.
The variable is automatically replaced by the relevant content when a document is processed with gotomaxx PDFMAILER.
Variable Selection
Variable in use
PDFMAILER default variables
The standard version of gotomaxx PDFMAILER offers various internal and system variables. These currently include:
•fileName - Contains the file name of the generated document
•stationery - Contains the name of the selected stationery
•sourceName - Contains the name of the source document of e.g. the print job
•currentPage - Contains the page number of the current page
•pagesTotal - Contains the total number of pages
•dateTime - Contains the current date and time
•date - Contains the current date
•time - Contains the current time
•userName - Contains the name of the current Windows user
•userEmail - Contains the email address of the current Windows user (from Active Directory)
User-defined variables
You can define your own variable in addition to the gotomaxx PDFMAILER variables in the Standard version, you can also define your own variables. Click the 
icon in the variable selection.
Enter a name and description for your variable. Select the variable type. The variable type depends on what value the variable will later contain.
Define a new variable
Once saved, the variable is ready for use.
You can forward the content of a user-defined variably via a control symbol in the application from which you want to print. Additionally, the content of a user-defined variable within a workflow can be captured by the user at run time .