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You can also purchase additional resources or even create your own custom resources. To create page definitions and form definitions, you can purchase the Page Printer Formatting Aid (PPFA) for Windows, which is an optional feature of InfoPrint Manager for Windows. Table 5 on page 45 lists the separately orderable features that are available with InfoPrint Manager for Windows. Note: The DPF function of InfoPrint Manager uses IPDS resources, not AFP resources. As a result, DPF resources can only be used with jobs that are submitted using DPF. However, AFP versions of those resources should exist on your host system. To use the DPF resources with a different job submission method (such as MVS Download), you can transfer the AFP versions from the host to your InfoPrint Manager server. InfoPrint Manager provides several methods for accessing AFP resources. If the only AFP resources available are those that shipped with InfoPrint Manager, they are accessed automatically when a job needs them. If, however, you are using other AFP resources, you must specify the location of these resources. There are also ways to specify resource locations through job submission parameters and environment variables. Finally, each document in a job can specify the path to each of the AFP resource types it requires. You can elect to handle these specifications with a default document associated with a logical destination. Important: Do not store custom AFP resources in the same directory with the AFP resources included with InfoPrint Manager. If you ever need to reinstall or update InfoPrint Manager, your custom resource files could be corrupted or deleted. You can use resource-context objects to access your AFP resources. Resource-context objects identify the locations of different types of AFP resources that jobs sent to PSF actual destinations can reference. Resource-context objects let you encapsulate the directory path name in one place. You then specify the resource-context object name rather than a directory name when specifying where to find resources. Later, if the location of a resource changes, you only need to modify the path name specified in the corresponding resource-context object. You must use the pdcreate command (at a DOS command prompt) to create a resource-context object. You then reference this object when you create or modify a PSF actual destination in the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI. Jobs can also reference resource-context objects through their contained documents. Both the actual destination and the resource-context objects that are referenced must reside in the same InfoPrint Manager server. 26 InfoPrint Manager for Windows: Introduction and Planning Guide

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You can also purchase additional resources or even create your own custom
resources. To create page definitions and form definitions, you can purchase the
Page Printer Formatting Aid (PPFA) for Windows, which is an optional feature of
InfoPrint Manager for Windows. Table 5 on page 45 lists the separately orderable
features that are available with InfoPrint Manager for Windows.
Note:
The DPF function of InfoPrint Manager uses IPDS resources, not AFP
resources. As a result, DPF resources can only be used with jobs that are submitted
using DPF. However, AFP versions of those resources should exist on your host
system. To use the DPF resources with a different job submission method (such as
MVS Download), you can transfer the AFP versions from the host to your InfoPrint
Manager server.
InfoPrint Manager provides several methods for accessing AFP resources. If the
only AFP resources available are those that shipped with InfoPrint Manager, they
are accessed automatically when a job needs them. If, however, you are using other
AFP resources, you must specify the location of these resources. There are also
ways to specify resource locations through job submission parameters and
environment variables. Finally, each document in a job can specify the path to each
of the AFP resource types it requires. You can elect to handle these specifications
with a default document associated with a logical destination.
Important:
Do not store custom AFP resources in the same directory with the AFP
resources included with InfoPrint Manager. If you ever need to reinstall or update
InfoPrint Manager, your custom resource files could be corrupted or deleted.
You can use resource-context objects to access your AFP resources.
Resource-context objects identify the locations of different types of AFP resources
that jobs sent to PSF actual destinations can reference. Resource-context objects let
you encapsulate the directory path name in one place. You then specify the
resource-context object name rather than a directory name when specifying where
to find resources. Later, if the location of a resource changes, you only need to
modify the path name specified in the corresponding resource-context object.
You must use the
pdcreate
command (at a DOS command prompt) to create a
resource-context object. You then reference this object when you create or modify a
PSF actual destination in the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI. Jobs can also
reference resource-context objects through their contained documents. Both the
actual destination and the resource-context objects that are referenced must reside
in the same InfoPrint Manager server.
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