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User’s Manual for InterForm400® 29
4. Work With Overlay/AFC Sample
You are now ready to start working with the overlay, SAMPLE delivered with the
package.
First we will make sure that our device is changed to use the sample queue which the
InterForm400
®
demo is preset for:.
Printer Writer (Twinax, or TCP/IP (TN5250E or Raw Socket))
Make sure the printer writer PRTXXX (determined in step 3) is started. If
not, the following command will start the printer writer with our sample
output queue AFC_OUT1, which was created by the installation
program previously:
STRPRTWTR DEV(PRTXXX) OUTQ(APF3812/AFC_OUT1)
If the printer writer is already started and attached to another output
queue, the following command will change PRTXXX to be attached to
output queue AFC_OUT1:
CHGWTR WTR(PRTXXX) OUTQ(APF3812/AFC_OUT1)
Remote Writer (TCP/IP LPD)
Using a TCP/IP LPD attached printer does not require a printer device
description. You should instead follow the procedure explained on page
370 Attaching through a TCP/IP Print Server in order to configure
queue AFC_OUT1 as a remote LPD writer.
The entire environment should now have been set up. The AUTO_FORM sub-system is
running, and we have a PCL compatible printer attached to a predefined AFC output
queue (AFC_OUT1).
You can verify that the AFC job AFC_INPUT1 is actually started in sub-system
AUTO_FORM by entering the InterForm400
®
main menu and select option 12. Work
with Active subsystem AUTO_FORM in menu 5. Work with Auto Forms Control.
In a new installation, the job, AFC_INPUT1 is set NOT to automatic start with the
subsystem, AUTO_FORM. You can change it this way: From the InterForm400
®
main
menu choose: 5. Work with Auto Forms Control, 1. Functions attached to Output
Queues, choose option 2 for AFC_INPUT1, Change ‘Autostart job’ from N (No) to Y
(Yes). Start and stop the subsystem and the job will run.
We will now create a demo spool entry, which the AFC system will merge automatically
with a sample overlay called IF400DEMO and send to the AFC output queue
AFC_OUT1.
The demo spool entry will appear on the output queue AFC_INPUT1 which is defined as
input queue for the AFC_INPUT1 job (The names of the input queue and the AFC job
are in this example identical).