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Using Mobius Metacode Print Streams

You can use Mobius to archive Metacode print streams and also use Docupresentment to retrieve archived Metacode print streams and produce or present PDF files.

You can retrieve the archived Metacode print streams using Mobius' ViewDirect APIs. The ViewDirect APIs are built to communicate with the Mainframe Mobius Archive via TCP/IP. If you license the Mobius' ViewDirect APIs, you can write a custom rule to retrieve your archived Metacode print streams.

To do this, include these options in your FSISYS.INI file for MRG2FAP utility (and Studio):

< PrtType:XER >
  OutMode  = MOBIUS
< Loader:MOBIUS >
  Desc	   = Mobius Metacode files (*.MET)
  Func     = XERLoadMobius
  Module   = XEROS2
< Loaders >
  Loader   = MOBIUS
< Control >
  Mobius   = XER

Where XER is the printer control group that contains the Mobius Metacode information.

To use the Mobius Metacode loader in Docupresentment, use the same MTCLoadFormset rule you would use to load a Documerge Metacode print stream.

To specify a Mobius Metacode print stream, instead of a Documerge print stream, the Xerox printer control group must include this INI option:

< PrtType:XER >
 OutMode = MOBIUS

Metacode print streams retrieved from a Mobius archive have a special record blocking scheme and use special comment records to indicate the fonts used. This version adds support for reading Metacode print streams retrieved from a Mobius archives.

Use XERLoadDocuMerge as the loader function. It checks for an OutMode setting of MRG2, MRG4, or ELIXIR. You must add MOBIUS to the list of allowed OutMode settings and you must add your Mobius comment checking to XERLoadMet, when the OutMode option is set to MOBIUS.

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