Spool2XML setup and settings on IBM i
Spool2XML: How to handle printer file changes
You need to handle changes of the related printer files, when you use Spool2XML. Printer files are changed, if e.g. a new format has been added/removed or if new fields are added/removed. This can e.g. be caused by an upgrade of the ERP-solution, ...
The IFormNG2 menu overview
The IformNG2 main menu (Spool2XML) is shown with this command: IFORMNG2/IFORMNG2 This menu is shown: IFORMNG2 InterForm NG2 Main Menu Select one of the following: System . . . : PMK250 User . . . . : KSE Version . . : 1.6.0b Administration 1. Work ...
Spool2XML Export/Import
When you configure an XML definition you can setup multiple settings: For the field of a record format you can setup the fields to be either: Deleted, a key or a Top key. For the record formats you can setup the parent/child relationship (either a ...
Job information subtree
When you generate an XML file with Spool2XML, then the output XML file contains a JOBINFORMATION subtree like shown below: <IFORMNG FRAGMENTED="false"> <JOBINFORMATION> <SYSTEM>PMK250</SYSTEM> <QSRLNBR>785F48X</QSRLNBR> ...
Selecting the printer on IBM i
On the IBM i platform InterformNG2 behaves a bit differently compared to other platforms, when it comes to printers: The supported printer mime types are limited to PCL5, PCL6 and ZPL (Direct protocol can be used, but is a legacy printer language, ...
Starting and stopping the InterformNG2 Server
The InterformNG servers are running in the IFORMNG2 subsystem. You simply stop or start the servers by stopping or starting the subsystem from the menu or via these commands: ENDSBS IFORMNG2 STRSBS IFORMNG2/IFORMNG2 It is advisable to setup start of ...
Spool2XML implementation
This section contains an overview of how to implement Spool2XML in InterformNG2 for a single report. 1.Select (and/or create) another library for the converted printer files than the library, that contains your normal printer files. You should NOT ...
Spool2XML setup and settings on IBM i
This section covers setup and settings for Spool2XML only. For normal implementation of InterformNG2 on the IBM i platform (without Spool2XML) you can refer to e.g. these sections: Installing InterformNG2 on IBM i and Start/stop InterformNG2 on the ...