Technical Implementation Of Printing Bills In Batch
The batch process that extracts bill related information reads all bill routing records in a given run number that are marked with its batch control ID
The base package example of this process (POSTROUT) simply calls the bill extract algorithm on the routing record's route type. The algorithm formats the information to be passed to the bill print software or reporting engine. Refer to Bill Route Types Control The Information On Bills for more information.
If your software doesn't support online bill display. The algorithm that formats bill extract records that's plugged in on bill route type serves two purposes: 1) it interacts with the online bill display algorithm plugged into the installation record to support online images of a bill, and 2) it interacts with the background process to support printing your bills in batch. If your bill print software does not support the rendering of bill images real time, there is no need to create an extract algorithm. Rather, you should simply develop your own download process that works with your bill print software to print bills in batch (and then specify this batch process on your bill route type).