IBM S544-5285-01 Using ACIF for Different Tasks

With the files that ACIF creates, you can do the following:
Use PSF to print the AFP document file. If you have specified resources in the
AFP document file, PSF for AIX references the AFP resource file for the names
and locations of the resources. The AFP document file must be concatenated
to the end of the resource file before the file is printed.
Use the Viewer application of AFP Workbench (hereafter referred to as
“Workbench Viewer”) to view the AFP document file. Workbench Viewer takes
MO:DCA-P data and resources as input to produce output that can be viewed.
Store report files and the index file entries created by ACIF in a document
archival system, such as IBM OnDemand for AIX. OnDemand operates in a
client/server environment and supports small office environments as well as
large enterprise installations with hundreds of system users. OnDemand
provides a server to store report files and other types of business documents.
End-users can search for and retrieve files from the server with client programs
that run under Microsoft Windows and MVS CICS/ESA. OnDemand supports
full fidelity viewing and reprinting of report files on local and remote printers.
Use your own archive system to store the ACIF-created files.
Use your own retrieval system to access information in the ACIF files, using
retrieval information in the index object file.
Using ACIF for Different Tasks
ACIF can process your files to allow:
Viewing with Workbench Viewer
Printing locally and on other systems
Selective archiving and retrieval
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