Select option 1. Work with monitored output queues  on the IFORMNG/IFORMNG menu to work with the output queues, that are monitored by IFormNG for new XML Spooled Files:

 

 

For each output queue listed you can enable or disable the monitor by selecting option ‘1=Start monitoring’ or ‘9=End monitoring’. This starts and stops a job in the IFORMNG subsystem.

 

If you want to add a new monitored output queue, you will first need to create the output queue yourself (CRTOUTQ) and then add it here with F6=Create. The create screen looks like this:

 

 

 

The fields are these:

 

Monitored output queue

The output queue where the XML spooled file(s) are expected to arrive. You need to create the output queue yourself (CRTOUTQ) before you can add it here.

 

Description

Description of this output queue

 

Default output queue

The output queue where InterFormNG will print the merged result. You can use the exit program below to override this and let e.g. the workflow of InterFormNG decide what should happen.

This output queue is also inserted in the output XML file, so that the workflow in InterFormNG can react accordingly.

 

Create fragments

With this you decide if the single original spooled file should be split up into several XML files e.g. if several documents (e.g. invoices) are included. This can either refer to the XML definition for the specific spooled file or overrule this to let the output queue decide the output. By setting the field here you can let the output queue decide what to do. On runtime you can e.g. override (or temporarily change) the printer file depending on what should happen. Please notice, that there is an additional fragment value possible on the conversion definition (printer file).

 

Code page

The EBCDIC code page used for the incoming spooled files.

 

Move, keep, hold or delete..

This tells Spool2XML what to do with the incoming XML files after they have been handled by the output queue monitor. If you want to move the spooled files, then you state the output queue here.

 

Auto start job

Tells if you want to start monitoring this output queue when then IFORMNG subsystem is started. Normally this should be ‘Y’.

It is recommended to ensure, that the IFORMNG/IFORMNG subsystem is started automatically during IPL. Such an automatic start should be inserted as one of the last commands  in the program referenced in the system value, QSTRUPPGM. At best a MONMSG CPF0000 should also be added after the start of this subsystem. Please refer to your system administrator or InterForm support for more details.

 

Exit program

Normally Spool2XML will create a merged spooled file on an output queue set above. You can however override this by stating an exit program. Demo sources for such programs are included in the source file, APISRC in the IFORMNG library. The related sources are these:

 

 

So if you e.g. set the exit program to be XML_INBOX in library IFORMNG, then you can define all processing in InterFormNG e.g. in the workflow. This makes it easier, if you e.g. want to email or create PDF files.