Line data

Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP™) applications can generate Advanced Function Printer data stream (AFPDS), line, or mixed (AFPDS and line) spooled files. Line data is record-oriented readable text. The generating application can partially format line data by doing one of these:

• adding carriage control characters to the first column of each record
• adding blank lines to adjust vertical positioning
• using skipping and spacing controls (such as on an RPG output specification)

Line data is supported as a device type in the printer file commands through the DEVTYPE(*LINE) specification. The printer file commands follow:

• Create Printer File (CRTPRTF)
• Change Printer File (CHGPRTF)
• Override with Printer File (OVRPRTF)

Related concepts

Line and mixed data stream support