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<title>Printer file design and translation</title>
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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Printer file design and translation</h1>
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<div><p>Program-described printer files and externally described printer
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files are two types of printer files.</p>
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<ul><li>Program-described printer files <p>Program-described files rely on the
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high-level language program to define records and fields to be printed.</p>
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</li>
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<li>Externally described printer files <p>Externally described printer files
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use DDS rather than the high-level language to define records and fields to
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be printed.</p>
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</ul>
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<p>The following figure shows how externally described printer files are used
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in creating reports for a different national language version.</p>
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<br /><img src="rbags503.gif" alt="Creating different National Language version reports from printer files" /><br /><div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Printer file translation:</h4><p>When you design printer
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files to be translated into a national language version, consider these guidelines:</p>
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<ul><li>Use externally described printer files to define records and fields to
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be printed. Avoid using program-described printer files. Program-described
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printer files are described inside the high-level language program. Translators
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trying to translate text imbedded within the program can mistakenly translate
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literals that are within your program.</li>
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<li>Print data in one national graphic character set on devices that support
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the corresponding character sets and code pages. Not all printers support
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all CHRID parameters.</li>
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<li>Use the MSGCON keyword to access the constant text described in the message
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file. A printer file does not have the MSGID keyword. However, the techniques
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of direct coding as unnamed output field (literal) and storing text in a database
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file can be used to specify the constant text in a printer file. See Textual
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Data Code Design.</li>
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<li>Take culture conventions into consideration when bar codes are being described
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in the printer file. Different countries have different standards for bar
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codes.</li>
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<li>When entering data, consider these parameters on the Create Printer File
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(CRTPRTF) command. <ul><li>PAGESIZE (page size) <p>Different countries have different page-size standards.</p>
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</li>
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<li>OVRFLW (overflow line number) <p>The overflow line number must be less
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than or equal to the page length.</p>
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<li>CHRID (character set and code page) <p>If the CHRID parameter of the printer
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file is set to *DEVD, the printer uses the character identifier that was set
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on the control panel or specified in the device description.</p>
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<p>If the
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CHRID parameter of the printer file is set to a specific value, this value
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determines the code page and character set used to print the data. For externally
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described printer files, the CHRID parameter is used only for fields that
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also have the CHRID DDS keyword specified. For all other fields, the code
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page and character set used is the same as if *DEVD was specified.</p>
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<p>If
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the CHRID parameter of the printer file is set to *JOBCCSID, constant text
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from an externally described printer file is converted to the CCSID of the
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job. The printer data stream is tagged with the CHRID taken from the job CCSID,
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using this CHRID value to print the data. When using the *JOBCCSID value on
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the CHRID parameter, the CHRID DDS keyword is ignored.</p>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> All code pages
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and character sets cannot be handled by all printers.</div>
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</li>
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<div class="familylinks">
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbagsuseint.htm" title="A user interface is the part of a software product that your customer actually sees.">User interfaces</a></div>
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</div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rbagscodtec.htm" title="Application displays, printer file specifications, and user-created commands typically contain a large amount of constant text. Application displays, printer file specifications, and user-created commands also contain input and output fields such as headings, field prompts, instruction lines, and function key descriptions.">Textual data code design</a></div>
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</div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../cl/crtprtf.htm">Create Printer File (CRTPRTF) command</a></div>
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