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Processing Components are used to parse, modify, and store data from messages. You can see all the processing components in the Components Palette.

There are the following processing components in AEP

Type	Component	Description
Parsers Used to parse data from messages and to place the data parsed in variables specified by a user.	Line Parser	Line-by-line data parsing.
	Block Parser	Block-by-block data parsing.
	Date Parser	Conversion of line with time into user's format.
	Regular Expression Parser	Data parsing using regular expressions.
Processors Used to modify and store the data parsed.	Set Value by Template	Setting variable value by template.
	Set Value By File Template	Setting variable value by template from file.
	Attachments Writer	File attachments saving.
	File Writer	Writing template to file.
	Calculator	Calculator is used to perform arithmetic operations with variables.
	Database Access	Work with databases.
	Simple Database Access	Easy exchange of data with the database table.
	SMTP Sender	Sending template via e-mail.
	Message Sender	Used for automatic resending of a received message through specified mail server.
	SMS Sender	Used for sending SMS-messages to GSM cellular phones.
	Run dynamic library	Used for data processing with dynamic library functions.
	Run executable	Used to process data with executable files.
	HTTP Reader	Used to read multiple web-pages. Allows to assign query parameters for every page and response text variable to be parsed in.
	HTML Printer	Used to print out HTML templates.
	Excel Access	Used to exchange data with MS Excel documents.
Actors While being executed don't modify variable values in the Rule.	Debug Alert	Displays debug information in the message box or records it in the Log.
	Message Actor	Allows control of message position in account folders and changing its marks while its processing is in progress.
	Stopper	Used to terminate Rule processing.
	Iterator Stopper	Used to terminate Iterator processing.
	Next Iteration	Used to continue with the next iteration during Iterator processing.
Scripting Components Contain the source code in the scripting language used for data processing.	JScript Component	JScript support.
	VBScript Component	VBScript support.
	PerlScript Component	PerlScript support.
	PythonScript Component	PythonScript support.
	RubyScript Component	RubyScript support.
Conditions Used to select processing components depending on specified variable value.	Simple Condition	User-set variable is used for checking.
	Result Condition	Result of previous processing components execution is used for checking.
	Condition Group	Allows choosing of one of several possible conditions for execution. Condition group is a convenient tool for multivariant message processing. Conditions in a group are checked one by one, and the first condition found true is used for processing.
Iterators Used to execute a set of components for lines, blocks, words and regular expressions in the text source.	Word Iterator	Used to execute a set of components for words in specified text source.
	Line Iterator	Used to execute a set of components for lines in specified text source.
	Block Iterator	Used to execute a set of components for blocks in specified text source.
	Regular Expression Iterator	Used to execute a set of components for regular expressions in specified text source.
	Excel Iterator	Executes a set of components for lines on the specified sheet in MS Excel document.
	Database Iterator	Executes a set of components for each record from SQL query.
Modifiers Used for modification of text sources and message parts.	Line Modifier	Used for the line modification of the text source.
	Block Modifier	Used for the block modification of the text source.
	Regular Expression Modifier	Used for modification of text sources using regular expressions.
	Simple Modifier	Used for modification of text sources with using simple deletion and converting actions.
	Message Parts Modifier	Used for modification of message parts.
	Attachments Modifier	Used to add or remove attachments in messages.

To exchange data between components, variables are used.

A processing component can terminate processing if an error occurs. To enable this function, check the Safe box in the component context menu.