IBM S544-5285-01 manual Presentation, Programming Guide and Line Data Reference, Aid Users Guide

using a page-definition (PAGEDEF)	resource, in	the same way as does PSF.
more information about line data,Advancreferd Functionto		Presentation:
Programming Guide and Line Data	Reference.

Mixed-Mode Data: Mixed-mode data is a mixture of line-mode data, with th inclusion of some AFP structured fields, composed-text pages, and resourc objects such as image, graphics, bar code, and text. For more informa this data stream, Advancedrefer toFunction Presentation: Programming Guide and

Line Data Reference.

Unformatted ASCII	Data:	Unformatted ASCII	data	is	data	that	is	generated
workstation	environment	and has not been formatted			for	printing.		Unformatt
ASCII data	is formatted by ACIF using		a	page	definition		resource. U

ASCII data is contrasted with the type of ASCII data that contains

characters

(or,

escape sequences) for the IBM Proprinter and Quietwri

not

need

to

be

formatted by ACIF before printing with

PSF

for AIX.

U

ASCII

can

also be submitted

for

printing

with

PSF

for AIX

without bein

by

ACIF,

but

the

output

format

is

predetermined

(using

a

Proprinter

e

and

60

lines

per

page,

for

example).

A page

definition

can

be

created

for

use in

an

unformatted ASCII

fi

use of AFP functions such as varied print directions, multiple-up printing,

different	fonts in		the	output	format.		You	can	use IBM Page Printer Fo
for AIX (PPFA for AIX)				to create		your own page definitions. PPFA for
separate	feature		of PSF	for	AIX	that	you	can	order. For information
create page		definitions		using	PPFA	forIBMAIX,PagereferPrinterto Formatting
Aid: User's		.Guide

Indexing Documents

One of		the	principal tasks you can do with ACIF is	indexing		print	file
also	known	as	documents. When indexing with ACIF, you	can	divide (segmen
large	print		file into smaller, uniquely identifiablegroups, asunits,definedcalledby
the	MO:DCA-named group structured fields. Using ACIF,			you	can	divide	th

bank-statement application into the individual groups by inserting in the structured fields that define the group boundaries. A group is a nam sequential pages, which, in this application, consists of the pages des single customer's account. For example, when you print a bank-statement application, you probably produce a large printout consisting of thousan

individual customer statements. You can					think	of	each		of	these	stateme
smaller, separate unit, each of			which		is uniquely identified by an ac
other attributes such as date			and	Social		Security		number.
Using	ACIF,	you can also create	an	index		object		file,		which	enables
Ÿ Retrieve		individual statements	from		storage,		based		on	an account numb
any	other attribute

ŸMore rapidly access the statements for viewing by, for example, th Viewer.

ŸArchive individual statements or the entire indexed print file for l storage and subsequent data management and reprinting, even years af creation

In addition to building an index-information file containing structured index object), ACIFfile also inserts strings of charactertags indatahe calledprint

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