IBM S544-5285-01 manual Running the Acif Job, Acif Output, Determining the Form, Definition

Determining the Form	Definition and	the	Page Definition
To format and print the job, you need to specify page definition and
resources. In the example, the					following resources	are used:
formdef	F1A10110,	a	standard	form	definition, provided with PSF for AIX
pagedef	P1A08682,	a standard		page	definition, provided	with PSF for AIX

Running the ACIF Job

You can run the ACIF job using one of the following methods:

ŸUse a parameter file that contains the parameters and values need application. To runacif thecommand with a parameter filePARMFILEnamed,

you would enter:

acif parmdd=PARMFILE

Ÿ Enter

theacif

command,

parameters

and values

on

the

command

line

or in

a

shell

script.

For

the

example

application

you

would

enter:

acif cc=yes cctype=z chars=42B2 cpgid=85ð... and so forth (continuing by

entering

all

of

the

remaining

parameters

and

values)

See “Examples” on page 49 for examples

of

running

ACIF

from

the

command

line. For

information

on

creating

and

running

shell

scripts,

r

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Users

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The acif

command

then

processes

the

parameters

that

you

have

specified

command

line,

in

the

parameter

file,

or in the

shell

script.

ACIF Output

With the example, the ACIF job creates the following output files in directory:

OUTDOC The document file, including indexing structured fields

INDXOBJ The index object file

RESDATA The resource file

acif.msg The message file listing, including the ACIF parameters used, t resources used, and the return code

To view the document file on a workstation using Workbench Viewer, you concatenate the index object file, the resource file, and the docume

Concatenating ACIF Output	Files
The following are examples of shell commands you can use to perform the
concatenation		of the	index object	file,	the	resource		file,	and	the
Note:	To view	the concatenated file		with	Workbench		Viewer, it		is	impor
	the index object file is first, followed by the resource									file,
	document	file.	The document file must be			the	last	data	in	the c
	file.

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