Viewing Output

You can view the output of your application, enabling you to examine production-ready documents. It allows you to see the print stream enhancements you have applied to ensure that the results obtained with Application Test are accurate. The View capability provides you with a final quality assurance step in the application creation and testing process before moving the Enrichment application into production.

Before you use the View function for the first time, you should associate the file types of your print streams with a viewer. For example, you must associate .AFP files with an AFP viewer, .MET files with a metacode viewer, and so on for all your print stream file types.

To associate file types with a viewer, follow these steps:
  1. In Windows, open Windows Explorer and browse to the directory in which your file is located.
  2. Double-click on the file. The Open With dialog box appears.
  3. Select the viewer you want.
  4. Check the box Always use this program to open these files.
  5. Click OK.
After you have associated the print stream file types with a viewer, follow these steps to view your output:
  1. In Visual Engineer, place the cursor in the <OUTPUT> tag group for the output you want to view.
  2. Click the View button (shown below).

    You can also view input files and banner files by placing the cursor in an <INPUT> or <BANNER> tag group. The viewer will open the input banner or file specified by the <FILE> tag in the current group.

    Note: You can also launch a viewer after you run a job through Enrichment Application Test. For more information, see Running Application Test.