Specifying Print Stream Properties

The Print Stream Properties window lets you define how Visual Engineer Plus interprets the print stream you loaded. To access this window, select File > Print Stream Properties. If the properties of your print stream are not defined properly, your input definition file will contain errors. Visual Engineer Plus sets all properties to the EngageOne™ Enrichment defaults unless you modify them.

Note: You cannot change the print stream type after you have defined a field for the print stream. When you change the print stream type in this situation, the fields return to the default settings.

The fields in this window are described next.

  • Name: A unique name of up to 50 characters for the input print stream. The name cannot contain spaces.
  • Host File: The location and name of the file associated with the input. Use one of the following formats.
    • DD:ddname
    • DD:ddname(member)
    • 'qualifier.qualifier.qualifier'
    • 'qualifier.qualifier.qualifier(member)'

    The location and name can be up to 55 characters in length.

    Note: If you are using EngageOne™ Enrichment on a UNIX system, DD:ddname is the only valid host file name format.
  • Print Stream Type: Select one of the following print stream types:
    • Impact Line Data: The input is line-printer data.
    • Xerox DJDE line data: The input is a Xerox DJDE line-data print stream.
    • Xerox Metacode: The input is a Xerox Metacode print stream.
    • Xerox Metacode with Font Index: The input is a Xerox Metacode with font index print stream.
    • AFP Line Data: The input is an AFP line-data print stream (that is, it contains no AFP [X'5A'] records and uses both a PAGEDEF and a FORMDEF to print).
    • AFP Fully Composed (AFPDS): The input is an AFPDS print stream (that is, it contains only AFP [X'5A'] records and uses a FORMDEF).
      Note: You cannot specify a channel type if you select AFP Fully Composed for the print stream type.
    • AFP Mixed (line with PTX): The input is a mixed-mode AFP data print stream (that is, it contains some AFP [X'5A'] records and uses both a PAGEDEF and a FORMDEF to print).
    • PCL: The input is a PCL print stream.
    • PostScript: The input is a PostScript print stream.
  • Carriage Control: Select one of the following:
    • ANSI: The input contains ANSI channel controls in column 1 that are of the same character set as the print stream.
    • ANSI ASCII: The input contains ASCII carriage controls in column 1 even if the print stream is EBCDIC.
    • ANSI EBCDIC: The input contains EBCDIC carriage controls in column 1 even if the print stream is ASCII.
    • Machine: The input has machine code carriage controls in column 1.
    • None: There are no carriage controls in column 1 of the input.
  • Data Type: Select one of the following:
    • ASCII: The print stream is in ASCII format. This is the native character set for Windows and UNIX.
    • EBCDIC: The print stream is in EBCDIC format. This is the native character set for mainframe environments.
  • Layout Options: See the following sections for information about the layout options.
  • Processing Options: See the following sections for information about processing options.