IBM S544-5285-01 manual Aix

Chapter 3. Example

of

an

ACIF

Application

in

AIX

The

line-data

application

used

as

the

example

in this

section

is

sho

on

page 54.

The application generates telephone bills. The objective

billing application output available on customer service representatives’

workstations.

Then,

when

a

customer

calls

with

a billing inquiry, the r

can

view the bill

in

the

same

format

as

the

customer’s

printed copy

To

do

this,

you

must

convert

the

output

from

your application

into

a

format

that

can be

used

with

the Viewer application

of

AFP

Workbenc

Viewer). You also must index the file to facilitate searching the Viewer. To ensure that all resources used in the bills are availabl

workstation,		you must use the resource retrieval function of ACIF.
Your	tasks	include:
1. Examining		the input file to		determine how to	tag it	for viewing
2. Specifying ACIF			parameters	for indexing and	resource	retrieval for
or	EBCDIC	input	data

3. Identifying the locations of the resources used when the bills

4. Determining the form definition and page definition used to print

5. Running the ACIF job

6. Concatenating the index object file, the resource file, and the

7. Making

the

document

file available

to

a

workstation running Microsoft

for

viewing

with

Workbench

Viewer

Note:

This

example

is

hypothetical;

an notinputactuallyfile isprovided. The

example

is

intended

only to help you understand how ACIF may

used

for

an

actual

application,

and

to assist you when you

your

own

application.

For

practical

use, you must provide you

input

file, and specify paths, directories, and so forth, a

your

particular

installation

and

application.

The following topics are covered in this section:

Ÿ	An example of an input file
Ÿ	Specifying ACIF processing parameters for ASCII input data
Ÿ	Specifying ACIF processing parameters for EBCDIC input data
Ÿ	Identifying the locations of the specified resources
Ÿ	Determining			the		form	definition and		page definition	resources need
	and	print	the		ACIF		job
Ÿ	How	to run		the		ACIF	job
Ÿ	The output files created by running the ACIF job
Ÿ	Concatenating			the		output		files
Ÿ	Accessing		the		document			file from a	workstation for	viewing

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