Page B-1APPENDIX B — SCS/DCA COMMAND SUMMARY
APPENDIX BSCS/DCA COMMAND SUMMARY
Overview
The AGILE 5250 OPTIMA, like the IBM printers it emulates, accepts SCS
(SNA Control String) and DCA - FFT (Document Content Architecture -
Final Form Text) commands. These commands control formatting of the
text and other printer functions.
The OPTIMAs IBM printer emulation uses the FMTINFO: and
PFSINFO: settings for the output port to simulate the appropriate
behavior on the output device (usually a printer).
The OPTIMA supports most of the commands that are available on any of
the IBM printers it emulates. These commands are not limited to the
emulations of the IBM printers that normally use those commands, but are
available in all of the IBM printer emulations. For example, the OPTIMA
supports the DCA command, Justify Text Field, not only when it is
emulating a 5219 or 3812 (IBM printers that support that command), but
also when it is emulating a 5225 (an IBM printer that does not support that
command). This means that the OPTIMA implements the full command
set listed here regardless of the IBM printer emulation for which it is
configured.
This section lists the SCS and DCA commands that the OPTIMA
implements and also gives some information about the methods it uses in
emulating the IBM printer.
Note: All variables are entered as hexadecimal (base 16) values. The
parameter nn represents a count byte equal to the number of bytes
following the count byte plus the count byte itself, except where otherwise
specified.