Papyrus DocEXEC

Product Description

Papyrus DocEXEC is the document formatting component of the Papyrus Document System for z/OS native, z/OS Unix, z/Linux, AIX, HP-UX Itanium, Solaris, Linux and Windows.

• High volume production of conditionally customized and formatted statements and documents
• Design dynamic documents with graphical elements such as shadings, tables, diagrams and angled text.
• Format text and data based on conditions
• Import and enhance existing IBM standard PAGEDEFs
• Create AFP and PDF output with indexing and full color support
• Automatic page and text formatting with full pagination control and page numbering options
• Powerful 2D and 3D chart creation
• Documented source code enables subroutines, macros and modularization
• Throughput up to several million pages/hour, depending on hardware and number of objects/page
• Print and E-Delivery for multi-channel output (e.g. IPDS, Postscript, PCL, fax and e-mail)
• Support for any type of data record, format and sequence: ASCII, EBCDIC, XML, HTML, COBOL, SAP formats

Features

Benefits

• Development is totally independent of printers and platforms in use
• Dynamic, high-speed text and data formatting across all platforms
• A central resource library for AFP and document definitions
• Generate up to several million A4 pages/hour
• Single step execution from data to document
• Pre-compiler technology for high-performance formatting
• Print and E-Delivery for multi-channel output (e.g. IPDS, Postscript, PCL, fax and e-mail) using Papyrus Server
• Guaranteed compatibility between product versions
• Upward compatible PPFA syntax
• Absolute code page control from design to print, fully independent of operating system and printer
• Multiple languages per page
• Share document elements such as fonts, text blocks, logos, and forms between host, Unix and Windows environments
• Direct PDF output
• Creation of E-Invoice standard including UBL 2.1, EU Norm EN 16931 compliant standard such like X-Rechnung, ZUGFerd, and any other standard can be configured

Data-Interface Functions

• No special input data format required.
• Advanced XML support
• Variable extraction from input in fixed or delimited format
• Any type of record in any sequence
• Flexible data handling with ANSI channel functions and repeated input records and lines
• Powerful string manipulation
• Document logic can be dynamically controlled based on actual input data
• Variable arrays for large data volumes.
• Variable array sorting
• SQL interface for relational database read and write
• Support for COBOL format conversion (picture/binary/packed)
• PQL (Papyrus Query Language) interface to Papyrus WebRepository

Logic Functions

• Comprehensive scripting language
• Mathematical formulas
• Call DOCFORMAT subroutines depending on variable content
• Call externally stored macros
• Variable array sorting functions
• If-then-else and for-loop logic
• Select/Case statements
• String manipulation functions
• System date & time functions

Layout Functions

• Combined page layout and text style formatting
• Total control of vertical and horizontal element positioning
• Absolute control over sheet, front and back of page, logical pages and orientation
• Automatic pagination and margins, with break and keep controls
• Dynamically embedded forms, graphics, and images
• Comprehensive formatting options for number, date, time and currency values
• Dynamic generation of full-color 2D and 3D diagrams
• Draw rules, boxes and shapes with many line styles and shadings
• Tables with optional repetition of headers and footers after page breaks
• Spot and full color support for texts, boxes, shadings, diagrams, logos, etc.
• Scalable images and logos
• Print variable text at any angle
• Text can be inverted, rasterized or printed with a shaded background
• Format your documents to 240, 300 or 600 dpi
• Re-ordering of pages after formatting, creation of tables of contents and output to multiple/different files
• Print all OMR and bar codes, 2D Datamatrix, PDF417, QR
• AFP pages can be sorted and merged in page buffer
• Import and scale TIFF, HPGL2
• Import true color TIFF

Resource Functions

• Utilize standard AFP resources in 240, 300 and 600 dpi
• Resource information is read directly from AFP
• Resources can be retrieved based on variable values, allowing for resource selection by language, gender, etc.
• Windows or Adobe font styles can be used on all platforms and printers
• The use of raster fonts makes high-performance printing possible
• AFP outline fonts are fully supported.
• Scalable images and graphics
• Direct access to versioned resources in the WebRepository

Print Control Functions

• Papyrus DocEXEC enables the developer to switch input paper bins at any point in time during document printing
• When outputting to different print files, each can use its own forms and OMR technology for postprocessing
• Support for application controlled duplex and N-up printing
• Print-time operator controlled N-up printing with FORMDEF
• IBM ACIF-compliant output enables easy archiving, bundling and reprinting of documents based on index values
• IBM ACIF compatible resource groups in document file

Prerequisites

• z/OS 2.1/2.2/2.3 or z/Linux or
• Windows Vista/7/8/10/Server 2008/Server 2012/Server 2016 or
• AIX 6.1/7.1 or
• HP-UX Itanium 11.31
• Solaris V10/V11
• Linux (SLES 11/12, RHEL 5/6/7)
• AFP compatible print services such as Papyrus Server or IBM PSF
• Access to AFP resources

Order Information

Papyrus DocEXEC 7

For z/OS native, z/OS Unix, z/Linux, HP-UX Itanium, AIX, Solaris, Linux or Windows
Standard version: Single processor server or up to 20 mill pages/year
Extended version: Unlimited processor server and unlimited number of pages

Training

ISIS Papyrus offers customized in-house workshops as well as standard courses for user training.

Maintenance

The General Terms and Conditions for Papyrus Software Products apply. The free service period is 6 months from installation. After this period an optional maintenance contract is offered.