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DOC1® Suite 4 Production Guide Issue 13g Copyright ©2004 Group 1 Software Europe Ltd. All rights reserved. This publication and the software described in it is supplied under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of such license. The information in this publication is provided for information only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Group 1 Software. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws Group 1 Software excludes all warranties, representations and undertakings (express or implied) in relation to this publication and assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this publication and shall not be liable for loss or damage of any kind arising from its use. 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Printed in the UK. 2 Contents PREFACE ...................................................................................................................................... 13 Typographical conventions ................................................................................................. 14 File naming conventions ..................................................................................................... 14 Updates to this manual ........................................................................................................ 15 Getting Started ......................................................................................................................... 16 Running DOC1 Applications .............................................................................................. 16 Post-processing ................................................................................................................... 17 Keycodes ............................................................................................................................ 17 Utilities ............................................................................................................................... 18 Trouble Shooting ...................................................................................................................... 20 CONTROLLING APPLICATION FILES ......................................................................................... 21 About Production Rules ........................................................................................................... 22 Externally controlled document objects ............................................................................... 22 Optimizing Production Rules .............................................................................................. 23 DOC1RFP under UNIX, OpenVMS, OS/2, Windows or DOS ........................................... 24 DOC1RFP under OS/400 ................................................................................................... 25 DOC1RFP under OS/390 ................................................................................................... 26 Working with a Resource Pack ................................................................................................ 27 RPU Initialization File format ............................................................................................. 28 Running DOC1RPU under UNIX, OpenVMS, OS/2, Windows and DOS .......................... 34 Running DOC1RPU under OS/400 .................................................................................... 35 Running DOC1RPU under OS/390 .................................................................................... 36 DOC1 metrics .......................................................................................................................... 37 About which utility to use ................................................................................................... 38 About DOC1 fonts .............................................................................................................. 39 Using Workstation Metrics Utilities .................................................................................... 39 LCFTOFM ......................................................................................................................... 41 LIMTOIM .......................................................................................................................... 43 Contents 3 LOMTOIM ........................................................................................................................ 45 MAKEIM ........................................................................................................................... 46 Customizing Metrics ........................................................................................................... 47 Identifying non-standard resources ................................................................................ 48 Using alternative references .......................................................................................... 49 PCL output ................................................................................................................... 50 Postscript and PDF ....................................................................................................... 50 Defining positional characters ....................................................................................... 51 Deploying Application Files ..................................................................................................... 52 OS/390 ............................................................................................................................... 52 OS/400 ............................................................................................................................... 52 Unix and OpenVMS ........................................................................................................... 52 TEXT CONVERSION ISSUES ....................................................................................................... 55 About Text and DOC1 ........................................................................................................ 55 Translation Tables .................................................................................................................... 56 PCL Support ....................................................................................................................... 57 National Numeric Separators ................................................................................................... 58 Underlining .............................................................................................................................. 58 Barcodes ................................................................................................................................... 59 Incompatible Code Pages .......................................................................................................... 59 Hints and Tips .......................................................................................................................... 60 OUTPUT DATASTREAM PREPARATION .................................................................................... 61 AFPDS issues ........................................................................................................................... 62 OS/400 support ............................................................................................................ 62 DOC1FMA script file format .............................................................................................. 63 DOC1FMA under OS/390 ................................................................................................. 64 DOC1FMA under UNIX, OpenVMS, OS/2, Windows & DOS .......................................... 65 Metacode issues ........................................................................................................................ 67 OS/400 support ............................................................................................................ 67 DOC1FMX under OS/390 .................................................................................................