By using the Viewer you can view or reprint spool documents. If you view a document that has overstrike characters, the overstrike characters display as consecutive characters on the Viewer screen. The following links show you how to use the Viewer.
When a document is in the Viewing
state, you cannot modify the attributes of that document on the Spool
Window. To edit the document properties, you must close the Viewer
and change the document state to Hold.
If you view a SYSIN data set (other than the first data set), the first
data set will be changed to the Hold
state. This prevents improper routing when data sets within the job are
being viewed.
Complete the following steps to select how you would like to view the document, as text, records, or binary codes.
Open the Viewer utility.
On the menu bar, select View | Text, Record, or Binary. If you switch between view modes (Text, Record, or Binary), the Viewer will display the first page of the document. If you switch between data formats (for example, ASCII and EBCDIC), the Viewer will continue to display the current page, not the cursor position. You can also switch the viewing mode using the Text Mode, Record Mode, or Binary Mode toolbar buttons.
Text – Displays the document in text mode. The document will open using the code page specified in the data set header. If there is no code page defined, then code page 37 (EBCDIC) is used.
Record – Displays the document in record mode. The document will open using the code page specified in the data set header. If there is no code page defined, then code page 37 (EBCDIC) is used.
Binary – Displays the document in binary mode. The document will open using the code page specified in the data set header. If there is no code page defined, then code page 37 (EBCDIC) is used.
Select a code page for viewing the document. The selected code page will remain across all viewing modes. You can select a code page using one of the following methods:
On the menu bar, select View | Select Code Page or select the Select Code Page toolbar button. From the Select Code Page dialog box, you can select a code page for viewing the document and select defaults for the Code Page A and Code Page E shortcut menu and toolbar options.
On the menu bar, select View | Code Page A or select the Code Page A toolbar button. This will display the document using the code page specified for code page A. To select a different code page for code page A, select View | Select Code Page on the menu bar.
On the menu bar, select View | Code Page E or select the Code Page E toolbar button. This will display the document using the code page specified for code page E. To select a different code page for code page E, select View | Select Code Page on the menu bar.
On the menu bar, select View | Default Code Page or select the Default Code Page toolbar button. This will display the document using the data set's default code page for viewing the document.
You can navigate through documents using one of the following methods.
Complete the following steps to quickly go to a specific page.
Open the Viewer utility.
On the menu bar, select Edit | Go To Page. The Go To Page dialog box displays.
Enter the page number and click OK.
Use the toolbar commands or scroll bars to scroll through a document.
Open the Viewer utility.
Click the Next Page and Previous Page buttons on the toolbar.
Open the Viewer utility.
Use the scroll bars at the bottom and right side of the screen to scroll through a document. In Text and Record mode, gray lines indicate page breaks. There are no page breaks indicated in Binary mode.
Complete the following steps to search for specific text within a document.
Open the Viewer utility.
On the menu bar, select Edit | Find.
Specify the text you want to find in the Find what box.
Select the direction in which to start your search.
Up – Searches backward, toward the document’s beginning.
Down – Searches forward, toward the document’s end.
Select Match case if you want to find the exact case you specified in the Find what field.
Select Search in column and type the column number in the field provided. This searches for the first character of the search string in the designated column.
Click Find Next.
To find the next instance of the text you specified, click Find Next again. Click Cancel to stop the search.
Complete the following steps to copy text from the document you are viewing to the Clipboard.
Open the Viewer utility.
Use one of the following methods to select text.
To select part of the document, use the mouse to select the text you want to copy.
To select all of the document, select Edit | Select All on the menu bar.
On the menu bar, select Edit | Copy, or click the Copy button on the toolbar.
Complete the following steps to select the font used for viewing documents and for printing locally.
Open the Viewer utility.
On the menu bar, select View | Set Font.
Select the Font, Font style, Size, and Script. An example of how text will look with your selected settings displays in the Sample box.
Click OK.
Complete the following steps to view the document with the text wrapped to the window size. When word wrapping is enabled, lines longer than 1024 characters will be wrapped to the next line. When disabled, lines longer than 1024 characters will be truncated at 1024. Wrapping text enables you to see all the text on the line, but it doesn't affect the way text appears when it is printed.
Open the Viewer utility.
On the menu bar, select View | Word Wrap.
Complete the following steps to view document properties.
Open the Viewer utility.
On the menu bar, select View | Properties.
You can also view
the document properties from the Spool Window.
Complete the following steps to print the document to a local printer. The document will print with the same font and style shown in the Viewer.
Open the Viewer utility.
From the View menu, select the font. This will be the font used in the printed document.
From the View menu, select the view mode. The document will print in this format.
On the menu bar, select File | Print Local. The Print dialog box displays.
In the Name drop-down list, select the printer you want to print the document.
If necessary, under Print range, select the pages you would like to print.
Click OK.
Use this feature to verify printer forms (for example, invoices, checks, and so on) are aligned correctly, before you print multiple pages. Headers and trailers are not printed. Complete the following steps to print the current page displayed in the Viewer.
The
Binary view mode does not support
this functionality. The only printing option available to Binary
mode is Print Local.
Open the Viewer utility.
Go to the page you want to print.
Click the Print Test Page toolbar button, or on the menu bar, select File | Print Test Page.
The current page (as defined by the page number on the status bar) is queued back to the spooler with a state of Ready Test Page. The page waits in the Spool Window for an available printer with matching routing criteria. The Viewer remains open and advances to the next page. The page that displays is automatically set as the first page in the reprint range. You can continue using the Viewer as needed.
If you exit the Viewer before the test page prints, the test page will be canceled. The document state will change to Hold or to a reprint state if specified.
Ready the appropriate printer with matching routing criteria. The printer prints the test page then returns to the Ready state. The document state changes to Test Page.
After a test page is printed, the printer remains locked to the document until the remainder of the document is printed, or a reprint later command is issued. If you close the Viewer without performing one of those actions, the document state will change to Hold and the printer will be available to other documents.
You can print the remainder of the document a variety of ways from the Viewer.
To print the remaining pages of the document, click the Print Remainder toolbar button, or on the menu bar, select File | Print Remainder. After printing, the printer is available to other documents.
To print the specified reprint range now, click the Reprint Now toolbar button, or on the menu bar, select File | Reprint Now. After printing, the printer is available to other documents.
To print the specified reprint range later, click the Reprint Later toolbar button, or on the menu bar, select File | Reprint Later. The document will change to the Hold Reprint. The printer is now available to other documents.
Complete the following steps to print the document from the current page to the end.
The
Binary view mode does not support
this functionality. The only printing option available to Binary
mode is Print Local.
Open the Viewer utility.
Go to the page you want to print.
Click the Print Remainder button on the toolbar or, on the menu bar, select File | Print Remainder. The Viewer closes after printing.
You can set a document to reprint now or schedule it to reprint later. You also have the option of reprinting the entire document or a selected range of pages. When using a reprint range to print multiple copies of a document, make sure you set both the reprint starting point and reprint stopping point. If the reprint stopping point is not set, the first copy will start at the specified reprint starting point, but the remaining copies will reprint as the entire document.
Complete the following steps to reprint documents.
The
Binary view mode does not support
this functionality. The only printing option available to Binary
mode is Print Local.
Open the Viewer utility.
Change to the view Text or Record mode.
If necessary, set the reprint range. If you want to print the entire document, check the status bar to make sure the reprint range is START - END. If this doesn't display, on the menu bar, select Edit | Clear Reprint Range.
Click the Reprint Now or Reprint Later button on the toolbar or, on the menu bar, select File | Reprint Now or Reprint Later.
If you select Reprint Now, the Viewer will close and the job will be set to the Ready Reprint state. Jobs will begin printing immediately if their routing criteria matches that of a spool printer and the job is next in the queue.
If you select Reprint Later, the Viewer will close and the job will be set to the Hold Reprint state. The job will not print until you change the document state to Ready and set the routing criteria to match that of a spool printer.
When using a reprint range to print multiple copies of a document, make sure you set both the reprint starting point and reprint stopping point. If the reprint stopping point is not set, the first copy will start at the specified reprint starting point, but the remaining copies will reprint as the entire document.
Complete the following steps to select the range of pages you want to reprint.
The
Binary view mode does not support
this functionality. The only printing option available to Binary
mode is Print Local.
You must specify the reprint range and close the Viewer before you close
the Spool Window. The
Spool Window must remain open for the document to reprint correctly.
Open the Viewer utility.
Change to the view Text or Record mode.
Set the reprint starting point by displaying the page where you want to start printing and then clicking the Reprint Top button on the toolbar or, on the menu bar, selecting Edit | Set Reprint Top. To indicate the reprint starting point, the page break at the top of the selected page turns green.
Set the reprint stopping point by displaying the page where you want to stop printing and then clicking the Reprint Bottom button on the toolbar or, on the menu bar, selecting Edit | Set Reprint Bottom. To indicate the reprint stopping point, the page break at the bottom of the selected page turns red. Your selected reprint range displays on the status bar at the bottom of the window.