Setting Up a Web Mail Merge Queue

Access the Media Object Queue Revisions form.

Queue Name

Enter a value that specifies a media object queue name. A queue name is the first half of a properly defined Media Object queue. The second half is the media object path. This value will be entered in to the Output Queue field on the Web Mail Merge Template Details form.

Note: OLEQUE is reserved as a default queue name. You normally set up one or more queues specifically for web mail merge, including appropriate directory paths.

Queue Path On-Line

Enter a directory path to a network folder where web mail merge document templates and letters are stored. The first half of a properly defined queue is the queue name. The second half of a properly defined queue is a directory path.

On some servers, the directory separator character is a back-slash (\). On other servers, the directory separator character is a forward-slash (/). For AS400 users, the directory path must be relative to the root of the Integrated File System (IFS). For example, the fully-qualified path to the folder might be //servername/root/mailmerge. Because the root folder is //servername/root, the value for Queue Path On-Line appears as follows:

/mailmerge

From a Windows perspective, the value uses a back-slash character and contains the full, absolute path as follows:

\\servername\root\mailmerge.

For non-AS400, non-UNIX users: Specify the same path for Queue Path On-Line and Queue Path Off-Line.

Some platforms might require that you run special software to allow their Windows workstation to access files on a UNIX Server.

Queue Path Off-line

Enter a fully-qualified (absolute) directory path to the location where web mail merge document templates and letters are stored. The first half of a properly defined queue is the queue name. The second half of a properly defined queue is a directory path.

A valid queue path might appear as:

\\servername\sharename\foldername

The system uses this path when loading the HTML file into Microsoft® Word and when displaying letters in a media object. This display function occurs when you are using a Windows client environment. The path statement is formatted using Windows (Fat32) formatting. The statement must include the server name and all sub-folders. For example:

\\AS400server\root\mailmerge

Type

Enter the type of media object queue. The default value of 02 specifies the OLE queue. Generic queue types are defined in UDC H91/QT.

For web mail merge, the system does not use this value.

On-Line Access Type

Enter the status of a media object queue. For web mail merge, the system does not use this value.

Off-Line Access Type

Enter he status of a media object queue. For web mail merge, the system does not use this value.