NBSpool for MPE Reference Guide
Chapter 6
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Background Processing With SPOOLCMD Files
The BANNER database is created as part of the NBSpool installation process with some default
entries so that any file can be bannerized without running
BANMAIN. When using BANMAIN for the
first time, check the following notes:
• The banner page may include information about the spool file, the distribution, or the device.
Turn to the “Banner Page” section in this chapter for a detailed description of the banner page.
• Most of the banner page is taken up by what is called the banner or banner layout. It consists of
four large print lines formatted by the user. The Define Banners screen allows you to define
any number of banner layouts by name. The default banner is called
SYSTEM.
• The Banner Control Information screen contains both a default message and a default banner
layout. These are defined when the database is created, but they may be changed. These
defaults for the message and banner fields are provided every time a new report is defined in
the Report Maintenance screen.
The Report Maintenance Screen is used to attach a printer and optional formatting information to a
report. For the
BANNER command to find a report that has been defined in BANMAIN, the report
name must be entered correctly. Also, the Report Search Sequence field must include a matching
template. Be sure to read about this in the “Report Search Logic” section before defining a report.