Xerox 96MX Communicate the FSL file to the LPS system disk, Compiling a form, Using magnetic tape

COMPILING AND PRINTING FORMS

Communicate the FSL file to the LPS system disk

Once you have created the FSL file, you can send it to the system disk either offline or online.

Offline In the offline mode, FSL files can be transmitted to the system disk from magnetic tape or by using the LPS Editor.

Using magnetic tape

Step 1. Create the source file at the host computer and store it on a magnetic tape.

Step 2. Mount the tape on the LPS tape drive and transmit the files electronically to the system disk.

The source code can be entered directly to the LPS at the keyboard and transmitted electronically to the system disk.

Online If your LPS is channel-attached to a host computer, enter the source code at the host terminal through the host editor facility. The file must be preceded by the necessary control record identifiers. Refer to your host reference documentation for details. The LPS Hostcopy utility enables you to download files from the host to be stored on the LPS system disk. Your DocuPrint 96/DocuPrint 96MX LPS Operations Reference explains the Hostcopy commands in detail.

Remote communications The LPS can also receive forms data from a remote device on the Ethernet network.

Compiling a form

Once the file has been created, the next step is to enter the command that causes the source file (FSL) to be compiled into an object file (FRM).

Invoking the forms compiler

To invoke the forms compiler, enter the following command at the

LPS keyboard:

FDL [parameters]

The FDL compilation command includes any combination of the following options.

Note: The entire command must fit on one line.

FDL [filename][,NOPRINT][,TRAY][,DEBUG][,XPAN][,NOSOURCE][,PROOF][,SIMPLEX]RES={300 600}] FDL[filename][,NOPRINT][,TRAY][,DEBUG][,XPAN][,NOSOURCE][,PROOF][,SIMPLEX]RES={300 600}][,TDn]

4-2 XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE