Generated from C.65.00 /SYSADMIN/PUB/MYCICAT last modified on Sun Aug 29 15:08:37 2004
The FORMSALIGN command configures one spooled printer,
or a group of spooled printers related by device class,
to conditionally enter into a forms message dialog with
its operator when the current spoolfile includes a forms
message.
FORMSALIGN [DEV {ldev }
{devclass}
{devname }
[[;DIALOG= {eachchange}]
{eachfile }
{eachcopy }
[[,{FORMIDOVERRIDE }]]
[[,{NOFORMIDOVERRIDE}]]
[;SHOW]
ldev The logical device number of a printer. The printer
must be configured as an MPE type 32 device.
devclass The device class name of a class of printers. Each
printer in the class must be configures as an
MPE type 32 device. Devclass must begin with a letter
and consist of eight or fewer alphanumeric characters.
devname The device name of a printer. Devname must begin
with a letter and consist of eight or fewer
alphanumeric characters. Users should note that it
is not possible to have a device class name and a
device name (which are the same). If you enter an
alphanumeric character string, the command will
search the device class list first, and then the
device name list.
EACHCHANGE The spooler process conducts the forms message dialog
only when the (case-insensitive) forms message of
the current spoolfile differs from that of the previous
spoolfile printed by that process. Or if an overriding
formid specification is not in effect (see
FORMIDOVERRIDE.)
EACHFILE The spooler process conducts the forms message
dialog whenever the spoolid of the current spoolfile
differs from that of the previous spoolfile printed
by that process, the current spoolfile contains a
forms message, and an overriding formid specification
is not in effect. Two different spoolfiles with the
same forms message spoolfile will print
without the forms message dialog if they
are printed consecutively.
EACHCOPY The spooler process conducts the forms message dialog
for each copy of every spoolfile which contains a forms
message if an overriding formid specification (see
FORMIDOVERRIDE) is not in effect.
OVERRIDE This is a subparameter of the chosen
EACHxxx parameter. With this feature selected, the
Native Mode Spooler first checks its current and
previous spoolfiles for the same non-blank, case-
insensitive formid. If the formid's match, both
the DIALOG option for the spooler process and any
forms messages in the current spoolfile are ignored,
then, forms message dialog does not activated.
Identical formid's override all other
considerations.
The DIALOG option is not changed, it is ignored as long as the two formid's match. If the two formid's do not match, and the current spoolfile is not empty, then the spooler conducts the forms message dialog using the forms message of the current spoolfile. If the current spoolfile has no forms message (even though it has a formid), the spooler: o Conducts no dialog if standard forms are already mounted. o Displays the STANDARD FORMS dialog if special forms are mounted. If the two formid's do not match because the current spoolfile has no formid and the previous spoolfile did, the spooler will always conduct a forms message dialog, again ignoring any setting of DIALOG. If the current spoolfile has a non-empty forms message, the spooler conducts a normal forms message dialog with the device operator. If the forms message is empty, and the device has special forms mounted, the spooler prompts the device operator to mount standard forms. Once both the previous spoolfile and the current spoolfile have no formid, the spooler operates in accordance with the selected DIALOG option once more.
OVERRIDE This is a subparameter of the chose EACHxxx parameter.
With this feature selected, Native Mode Spooler ignores
any and all formid's associated with the current
spoolfile or the previous spoolfile. The setting of the
DIALOG option always determines the conditions under
which the spooler process conducts the forms message
dialog. The formid is then useful only as an item in
a selection equation.
The setting of (NO)FORMIDOVERRIDE only affects the
spooler's function during the forms message dialog. It
has no effect on the use of the FORMID keyword in a
selection equation of either the SPOOLF or LISTSPF
command. It is still possible to select a subset
of all spoolfiles to alter, delete or display,
on FORMID=, regardless of the setting of
(NO)FORMIDOVERRIDE for a given device. They are totally
independent of each other.
If the current spoolfile has no forms message but
special forms are mounted on the device, the spooler
conducts the STANDARD FORMS dialog.
SHOW Specifying this option causes the configuration for
the specified devices to be displayed.
If no other parameters, the current configuration is
displayed. If other parameters are used, the
configuration is first updated and then displayed.
If a device class is specified, the configuration
for each device in the class is displayed.
If this option is omitted, nothing is displayed.
A sample of the output might be:
FORMSALIGN LP;SHOW
FORMID
LDEV DEVNAME DIALOG OVERRIDE
6 LDEV6 EACHCHANGE YES
14 LDEV14 EACHCOPY NO
15 LDEV15 EACHFILE YES
19 LDEV19 EACHCHANGE NO
This command may be issued from session, job, in BREAK, or from a
program. It is not breakable while updating the configuration, but
is breakable during the display portion of the command if the ;SHOW
option is used. Any user may execute this command with only the
;SHOW option to display current configurations. When changing a
configuration, it may be executed from the console or by a user
who has the ALLOW or ASSOCIATE command.
To configure ldev 6 and use all command defaults, enter:
FORMSALIGN 6
To specify dialog options, enter:
FORMSALIGN 6;DIALOG=EACHCHANGE,FORMIDOVERRIDE
To conduct a forms message dialog for each copy of each
file printed, enter:
FORMSALIGN 6;DIALOG=EACHCOPY,NOFORMIDOVERRIDE
The options specified in the FORMSALIGN command are stored in the appropriate device files. For example, options for LDEV 6 are stored in file 00000006.DEVICES.3000devs. This is why the options are retained even when no spooler process exists in LDEV 6. However, these device files are reconstructed at each system startup, and options other than the default are not retained across system startups. Your SYSSTART file should include one FORMSALIGN command per device or class for which you want to set options other than the default. Back to Main Index