Mackie manual Basic information, Structure of Xprint V7.0 commands, Online help

Basic information Producing Output with Xprint V7.0

Structure of Xprint V7.0 commands

This section describes the general structure of the Xprint V7.0 commands.

Command Object type [Selection] Options

----------------------------------------------------

xpadd	-job		-dr file1	-ct SIMPLE
xpshow	-job	13	-di LONG
xpdel	-job	13

Every Xprint V7.0 command is called using this format. The name of the command, e.g. xpadd, is followed by the short identifier for the object type consisting of three characters, e.g. -job. Furthermore, you can select from the objects available of the selected object type, e.g. in the case of the object type -job,you can select one or more specific print jobs. Finally, there are a number of options available for most commands which have an effect on the behavior of the individual commands. For detailed information on the various Xprint V7.0 commands see the “Xprint V7.0 - Reference Manual”.

Online help

For every command, you can call online help with the -?option. This online help works on two levels: command and option level.

If you call an Xprint V7.0 command followed by the -?option (e.g. xpadd -?), command level help will be displayed, providing the general form of this command. This type of help displays the objects supported by the command. It also shows the options that are independent of the object type. Not all the options are displayed, however, because these depend on the use of a command and an object together.

Option level help displays all the possible options of a specific object type used with an Xprint V7.0 command. To call the online help at option level, you must specify the command name as well as the relevant object type before the -?option (e.g. xpshow -dgr-?).

16 U23841-J-Z915-6-76