Specify AFP resources

When specifying an overlay, page definition, or page segment, you need to include the library that contains the resource in your library list. If you have more than one overlay, page definition, or page segment with the same name, make sure the one you want to use is in the first library searched. Otherwise, you might specify the correct name, but get the wrong resource in your output. When PSF searches for resources, it searches the user library list first and then the device library list.

If you have a resource that many users need to access (fonts, for example), you might put that resource in a library that everyone can access. Some such libraries are those identified in the system values QSYSLIBL or QUSRLIBL.

Alternatively, if you have a resource to which you want to restrict access (signatures, for example), you might put it in a library that only certain users can access. If you own the library that the resources are stored in, you can grant access to that library with the Grant Object Authority (GRTOBJAUT) command.

Specify a form definition
This topic describes how to specify a form definition to use with your spooled file.

Specify a page definition
This topic describes how to specify a page definition to use with your spooled file.

Specify a PSF configuration object
This topic describes how to specify a PSF configuration object.

Specify an overlay
This topic describes how to specify an overlay to use with your spooled file.

Specify an AFP font
This topic describes how to specify an Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP™) font in your spooled file.

Specify a TrueType or OpenType font
This topic describes how to specify a TrueType or OpenType font in your spooled file.

Example: Specify a font
This example shows how to use Data description specifications (DDS) to specify different types of fonts.

Specify a page segment
This topic describes how to specify a page segment in your spooled file.

Specify an object container
This topic describes how to specify an object container in your spooled file.