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The following table describes the Print Database File Member display.
Field Name Description
File Shows the PFD definition file to use to print a database file.
Library Shows the library in which the PFD definition file that contains the PFD
definition is located.
PFD definition Shows the PFD definition name.
Database file Specifies the name of the database file which contains the member to
be printed. To list all database files in the library that is specified on
the
Library
prompt, move the cursor to this prompt and press F4.
If you use the database file specified in the PFD definition, specify
*PFD.
Library Specifies the library that contains the database file. You can choose
from the following:
Library name
Specifies the name of the library that contains the database
file.
*LIBL All the libraries in the user and system portions of the job's
library list are searched.
*CURLIB Current library for the job is searched. If no current entry
exist in the library list, library QGPL is used.
Member Specifies the database file member name. If you specify *FIRST, the
first member in the database file is printed. To list all members in the
file that is specified on the
Database file
prompt, move the cursor to this
prompt and press F4.
Include grid Specify one of the following:
Y (Yes) Prints the database file member with the grid that you
specified on the Define PFD Specifications display.
N (No) Prints the database file member without the grid.
The grid is printed to help you to design the printout.
Record selection Specify one of the following:
N (No) All records in the database file member are selected whether
or not record selection was specified in the PFD definition.
Y (Yes) Records are selected according to the selection condition if
the record selection condition is specified in the PFD
definition. All records are selected if no selection condition
is specified in the PFD definition.
Ending page Specifies the number of the page to stop printing.
| *END the Print Format Utility prints all selected records.
| n the Print Format Utility ends printing after page n is printed.
The value can be from 1 to 9999.
| This is useful when you check your printout design by printing the first
| few pages as a test.
Source drawer Specifies the source drawer used when single-cut sheets are fed into
the printer. The possible values are:
*PFD The value specified in the printout specification is used.
*PFD is the default.
*E1 Envelopes are fed from the envelope drawer on the
sheet-feed paper handler.
*CUT For printers with manual feed, cut sheets are fed manually
through the manual feeder.
source-drawer
Specify the drawer from which the paper is fed. Valid values
range from 1 through 255. For printers with manual feed,
specifying 100 is the same as specifying *CUT.
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