Processing jobs that contain FILE DJDE commands

Infoprint XT supports jobs that include FILE DJDE commands; you do not have to specify any special conversion parameters to process jobs that contain them. In the Xerox environment, the use of FILE DJDE commands is a common method of updating the resources that are resident on the printer. Infoprint XT invokes the pdxtloadres command to load the resource that each FILE DJDE specifies into a specific resource group or location (see Using the pdxtloadres command to load Xerox resources). You control the resource group or location into which Infoprint XT loads the resources when you submit the job for conversion processing. When you convert the job, you can use the -g option or the -r option to specify the group or location. See Using the pdxtx2afp command to process jobs.

For jobs that use the FILE DJDE, Infoprint XT loads resources into either the resource group or directory for the job. The storage parameter of the FILE DJDE determines how long Infoprint XT retains the resource:

The P storage parameter indicates the resource is permanent. After the job completes conversion, Infoprint XT keeps permanent resources so that subsequent jobs can use them. If either a PDS or a PDSE is associated with the resource group or directory, Infoprint XT copies both new and changed permanent resources to the data set.
The D storage parameter indicates the resource is temporary. After the job completes conversion, Infoprint XT copies the AFP versions of the printable temporary resources into the AFP data stream for the job. It then deletes all of the temporary resources. Infoprint XT does not copy temporary resources to either the PDS or the PDSE that is associated with either the resource group or the directory.

Notes:

If you have multiple jobs that use the FILE DJDE and the same resource group or directory, do not submit them at the same time. Because Infoprint XT can convert multiple jobs at the same time, unpredictable results can occur.
Do not submit a job that uses the FILE DJDE to load two different resources of the same name. For example, if the first report loads one version of ABC.IMG and the second report loads another version of ABC.IMG, unpredictable results can occur.

There might be occasions when you want Infoprint XT to imbed some or all of the permanent resources inline in the AFP data stream. Infoprint XT provides the xinlr transform parameter, which lets you specify which permanent resources that you want Infoprint XT to imbed. You can specify one or more types of printable resources, such as AFP page segments and characters sets, or you can specify all permanent resources of all printable types. You use the -x option to specify transform parameters, including the xinlr parameter. See xinlr transform conversion parameter.

Note: Infoprint XT always imbeds the temporary resources, identified by the D storage parameter, regardless of the setting of the xinlr conversion parameter.