The next issue is to define at least one or more page types. You can add one by pressing F6=Create on the screen below:
Work with page type definitions XML310D
XML definition name . : XML_DEMO
Position to . . . . . . Sequence number
Type options, press Enter. 2=Change 3=Copy 4=Delete 5=Display 7=Change sequence
Opt SeqNbr Description Page type 1 Page 1 of each Document PAGE1 _ 2 Other pages OTHER
End F3=Exit F6=Create F12=Cancel
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Change page type definition XML311D
XML definition name . . : XML_DEMO
Sequence number . . . . : 1 Description . . . . . . . Page 1 of each Document
Page type . . . . . . . . PAGE1
Is first page . . . . . . Y Y=Yes, N=No Is last page . . . . . . . N Y=Yes, N=No
Type comparisons, press Enter. Specify OR to start each new group.
AND/OR Line(s) Pos(s) Operator Compare value 3 71-72 EQ 1
More... F3=Exit F4=List F12=Cancel
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Change page type definition XML311D
XML definition name . . : XML_DEMO
Sequence number . . . . : 2 Description . . . . . . . Other pages
Page type . . . . . . . . OTHER
Is first page . . . . . . N Y=Yes, N=No Is last page . . . . . . . N Y=Yes, N=No
Type comparisons, press Enter. Specify OR to start each new group.
AND/OR Line(s) Pos(s) Operator Compare value
More... F3=Exit F4=List F12=Cancel
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With the setup above, we can insert header information of the first page of each document and use the OTHER page type to include the rest of the pages - if needed. If you want a field to be retrieved on all pages of the spooled file, you will actually not need to condition it on any page type, so the OTHER page type above will usually not be necessary.
The sequence number above indicates in which order, that InterForm400 will check the conditions. The first sequence number with a true condition will select the specific page type for the relevant page. (Each spooled file page can only have one page type).
The description is for your own use.
The Page type is what you name the specific page(s), that are selected with the condition below. You can later refer to page type e.g. for the lines or as conditions for variables and attributes.
Is first page
If you state ‘Y’ for this, then it indicates, that a new input document/group starts whenever this page type is selected (because of the condition being true).
Is last page
When this page type is selected, then it is interpreted as the last page of a group/document and a new group/document is starting on the next spooled file page.
If all documents in the spooled file are single page documents, then you can simply create one single page type with ‘Y’ for both ‘Is first page’ and ‘Is last page’ - and no conditions in the bottom of the screen.
The conditions below can be written with intervals of lines and positions. An interval is simply written as ‘71-72', if you want to state the interval of 71 to 72 as shown above. You can prompt the operator with F4 to view a list of all possible operators:
CT EQ FIXCHR GE GT INVCHR LE LIST LT NCT NE NLIST VALCHR |
Contains string of characters Equal Fixed characters at fixed positions (allow others) (*XML+ Module only). Greater than or equal to Greater than Invalid characters (One or more chars not listed) Less than or equal to List (field equals Value1, or equals Value2,...) Less than Does not contains string of characters Not equal Not list (field does not equal Value1, or....) Valid characters (Allow only characters listed) |
Later you can search for various variables in the spooled file depending on specific page type(s) and/or line type(s).
