MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual (32650-90877)

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Command List IV
Commands FCOPY thru GETRIN
be configured as an MPE Type 32 device. The device class must begin with
a letter and consist of eight or fewer alphanumeric characters.
devname The device name of a printer. The device name must begin with a letter
and consist of eight or fewer alphanumeric characters. Users should note
that it is not possible to have a device class name and a device name
(which are the same). If you enter an alphanumeric character string, the
command will search the device class list first, and then the device name
list.
EACHCHANGE The spooler process conducts the forms message dialog only when the
(case-insensitive) forms message of the current spoolfile differs from that
of the previous spoolfile printed by that process when an overriding formid
specification is not in effect. Two different spoolfiles with the same forms
message will print without the forms message dialog if they are printed
consecutively.
EACHFILE The spooler process conducts the forms message dialog whenever the
spoolid of the current spoolfile differs from that of the previous spoolfile
printed by that process, the current spoolfile contains a forms message and
an overriding formid specification is not in effect. Two copies of the same
spoolfile will print without the forms message dialog if they are printed
consecutively.
EACHCOPY The spooler process conducts the forms message dialog for every copy of
every spoolfile which contains a forms message if an overriding formid
specification is not in effect.
FORMIDOVERRIDE This is a sub-parameter of the chosen EACHxxx keyvalue. With this
feature selected, the Native Mode Spooler first checks its current and
previous spoolfiles for the same non-blank, case-insensitive formid. If the
formids match, both the DIALOG option for the spooler process and any
forms message in the current spoolfile are ignored, and the forms message
dialog is not activated. Identical formids override all other considerations.
Note that the DIALOG option is not changed. It is ignored as long as the two
formids match.
If the two formids do not match, and the formid of the current spoolfile is
not empty, then the spooler conducts the forms message dialog using the
forms message of the current spoolfile.
If the current spoolfile has no forms message (even though it has a forms
identification), the spooler:
• Conducts no dialog if standard forms are already mounted.
• Displays the STANDARD FORMS message if special forms are mounted.
If the two formids do not match because the current spoolfile has no formid
and the previous spoolfile did, the spooler will always conduct a forms
message dialog, again ignoring any setting of DIALOG. If the current
spoolfile has a non-empty forms message, the spooler conducts a normal
forms message dialog with the device operator. If the forms message is
empty, and the device has special forms mounted, the spooler prompts the