AFP and PDF Batch Print

Question

Hi,
I have a single step batching process managing my formlist creation. In this process I execute PDF printing and AFP printing. PDF print with RULMultiFilePrint callback funciton.
When executing gendata it prints my PDFs as we build it. but AFP batch dosen't run. AFP file is created but no data inside. BUT! if we execute genprint It creates the AFP as we build it.
Any suggestions?
this is my AFGJOB file:
/* JDT Rules for MultiStep Processing */
<Base Rules>
;RULStandardJobProc;1;Always the first job level rule;
;SetErrHdr;1;*:;
;SetErrHdr;1;*:------------------------------------------------;
;SetErrHdr;1;*: Documaker Data Generation (Base);
;SetErrHdr;1;***: Company: ***Company***;
;SetErrHdr;1;***: LOB: ***LOB***;
;SetErrHdr;1;***: Policy #: ***POLICYNUM***;
;SetErrHdr;1;*:------------------------------------------------;
;JobInit1;;;
;InitOvFlw;1;;
;InitPrint;;;
/* Every form set in this base uses these rules. */
<Base Form Set Rules>
;NoGenTrnTransactionProc;2;required to combine gentrn/gendata into single step;
;BuildFormList;2;;
;LoadRcpTbl;2;;
;RunSetRcpTbl;2;;
;LoadExtractData;2;;
;USEXMLExtract;2;;
;ResetOvFlw;2;;
;UpdatePOLFile;2;;
;PrintFormset;2;required to combine gendata/genprint into single step;
;WriteOutput;2;;
;WriteNaFile;2;;
;BatchingByPageCountPerRecipINI;;;
;BatchingByRecipINI;2;;
;IfRecipUsed;;BATCH1=Cliente;
;ProcessQueue;2;PostPaginationQueue;
;PaginateAndPropogate;2;;
/* Every image in this base uses these rules. */
<Base Image Rules>
;RULStandardImageProc;3;Always the first image level rule;
/* Every field in this base uses these rules. */
<Base Field Rules>
;RULStandardFieldProc;4;Always the first field level rule;

Answer 1

You can accomplish what you desire in one of two ways.
Lets keep it simple for now: create two recipients per form
Cliente and Cliente1 where one is intended for AFP and the other intended for PDF. I am assuming you are using Documaker 11.3 or better
Two batches would be created and the print types adjusted for each batch.
Based on your AFGJOB the entries should be as follows.
;BatchingByPageCountPerRecipINI;;;
;BatchingByRecipINI;2;;
You will also need a corresponding FSISYS/FSIUSER entry that routes the recipient into its own batch
< BatchingByRecip >
Batch_Recip_Def = TRUE;"BATCH1";CLIENTE
Batch_Recip_Def = TRUE;"BATCH2";CLIENTE1
DefaultBatch = ERROR
This can be configured using the DM Studio UI.
Where BATCH1 is PDF and BATCH2 is AFP.
If you then need to adjust by page count, you will need to create additional batches.
For example if
AFP BATCH2 < 5 pages
AFP BATCH3 > 4 pages
There is a page count entry in the batching
where BATCH2 1-4
and BATCH3 5-999
Your INI files changes should then be reflected as follows.
< BatchingByRecip >
Batch_Recip_Def = TRUE;"BATCH1";CLIENTE
Batch_Recip_Def = TRUE;"BATCH2";CLIENTE1
Batch_Recip_Def = TRUE;"BATCH3";CLIENTE1
DefaultBatch = ERROR
As each transaction runs through Documaker this separates the PDF form AFP through the recipient logic then the system takes out the 1-4 page count transactions into BATCH 2 and the 5-999 page counts into BATCH3. each transaction runs through this logic and once it has found its home in a batch, the system moves on.
You can get much more creative that this with some file manipulations, but this keeps it the simplest since I am guessing that there is no need to separate the PDF generation by page count.