fdefname
Any valid form definition file name. The
fdefname
can be
one to eight alphanumeric or national characters,
including the two-character prefix, if there is one. The
fdefname
is case-sensitive.
Note: If the file name of the form definition includes a file
extension, do not use the file extension when
specifying the form definition. For example, to use
a form definition named memo.Fdef38PP, specify
formdef=memo.
The acif command requires a form definition in order to process the
input file (even though the form definition actually gets used at print
time). If you do not specify formdef=, or if you specify formdef=
without a form definition file name, the acif command will not work.
The form definition you use may be located:
In an AIX directory
Inline in the file (that is, within the file itself)
If the form definition file is in an AIX directory, use the userlib
parameter or fdeflib parameter to specify the path to the file. For
example:
formdef=memo userlib=/usr/afp/resources
or
formdef=memo fdeflib=/usr/lib/formdefns
If the form definition is an inline resource, you must do the following:
Specify cc=yes to indicate that the file contains carriage-control
characters.
Specify formdef=
fdefname
, where
fdefname
is the name of the
inline form definition; or specify formdef=dummy.
If you specify formdef=dummy but the file does not include an
inline form definition, the acif command looks for the form
definition named dummy.
If the name specified for the formdef parameter does not match
the name of an inline form definition, the acif command looks for
the form definition in the formdef search path.
An input file can contain multiple form definitions, but only one form
definition can be used for printing. If a file contains more than one
inline form definition, and you specify formdef=
fdefname
, ACIF uses
the first inline form definition named
fdefname
. If a file contains more
than one inline form definition, and you specify formdef=dummy,
ACIF uses the first inline form definition in the input file.
groupname={index1 | index
n
}
Specifies which of the eight possible index values should be used as
the group name for each index group. Using a unique index value for
the group name is recommended. The intent is to have a unique
group name for every group ACIF produces in the output file. The
value includes the field definitions from the index parameter but not
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