Appendix F. Programming with GDDM using VSE batch mode

GDDM V3R2 Base Application Programming Guide

Appendix F. Programming with GDDM using VSE batch mode

GDDM V3R2 Base Application Programming Guide
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GDDM application programs can be run in batch mode under VSE, provided the only devices that they open are page printers - in GDDM terms, family-4 devices.

GDDM page printer output takes the form of a file containing either a primary data stream, a page segment or an overlay.

A primary data stream is a complete document suitable for processing by a print-driver program - the Print Services Facility (PSF) for AFPDS output or the Composed Document Print Facility (CDPF) for 4250 output, or equivalent programs. Conversely, a page segment must be imbedded into a document by a formatting program such as SCRIPT/VS, which in turn produces a complete document for processing by the print-driver program.

More information about printing on VSE systems is given in the GDDM System Customization and Administration book.

In addition to user-written application programs, three GDDM utilities can run in VSE batch mode:

The Image Print Utility
The VSE Print Job Utility
The Composite Document Print Utility

Instructions for running these are given in the GDDM Base Application Programming Reference book.

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