Selecting resources

Search order for AFP resources lists the order ACIF searches for AFP resources.

Note: This table does not apply to resources that are installed with a resource access table (RAT), including TrueType and OpenType fonts, color management resources (CMRs), and data object resources. For more information about those resources, see Processing resources installed with resource access tables.

Search order for AFP resources

Search Order Location
Windows AIX and Linux
1 1 Paths that are specified by the USERLIB parameter
2 2 Paths that are specified by the FDEFLIB, FONTLIB, PDEFLIB, PSEGLIB, OBJCONLIB, and OVLYLIB parameters for specific types of resources
  3 Paths that are specified by the RESLIB parameter
  4 Paths that are specified by the PSFPATH environment variable
  5 The directory /usr/lpp/psf/reslib
  6 The directory /usr/lpp/ipfonts

AFP outline fonts are included in InfoPrint Font Collection (PN 5639-AFP). For more information, see InfoPrint Font Collection: Font Summary, S550-20001,.
  7 The directory /usr/lpp/afpfonts

AFP outline and raster fonts are included in InfoPrint Font Collection. For more information, see InfoPrint Font Collection: Font Summary, S550-20001,.
  8 The directory /usr/lpp/psf/fontlib
3   Windows registry that is used to locate:
  1. Default RESLIB (\install_directory\reslib)
  2. Default FONTLIB (\install_directory\fontlib)
  3. InfoPrint Font Collection
Note: AFP resource files that ACIF processes in all environments must contain a X'5A' carriage control character at the start of each structured field.

When ACIF finds more than one resource with the same name in the same directory, it selects the resource to be used depending on the file extension. Search order of resource file extensions shows the order in which resources with the same name but different file extensions are used by ACIF.

Note: If a file name includes a period (.), the file extension is that part of the file name that follows the period. For example, the file extension of the file name ARTWORK.PSEG3820 is PSEG3820.

Search order of resource file extensions

Type of Resource
 
File Extensions Search Order (see Note)
AFP font objects:
  • Coded fonts
  • Code pages
  • Outline fonts
  • 240-pel resolution fonts
  • 300-pel resolution fonts
  1. ECP
  2. No file extension
  3. 240
  4. 300
  5. FONT300
  6. FONT3820
  7. FONT38PP
  8. CDP
  9. CFT
  10. OLN
  11. FONTOLN
  12. FIL
Color mapping table
  1. No file extension
  2. SETUP
  3. SET
Data objects that are not installed with a RAT (such as BCOCA, GOCA, IOCA, and PTOCA)
  1. No file extension
  2. OBJ
  3. OBJECT
Form definitions
  1. No file extension
  2. FDEF3820
  3. FDEF38PP
  4. FDE
  5. FIL
MO:DCA objects
  1. No File extension
  2. OBJ
  3. OBJECT
Overlays
  1. No file extension
  2. OVLY3820
  3. OVLY38PP
  4. OVL
  5. OLY
  6. OVR
Page definitions
  1. No file extension
  2. PDEF3820
  3. PDEF38PP
  4. PDE
Page segments
  1. No file extension
  2. PSEG3820
  3. PSEG38PP
  4. PSG
  5. PSE
Setup data
  1. No file extension
  2. SETUP
  3. SET
  4. COMSETUP
TrueType and OpenType fonts, CMRs, and data object resources See Processing resources installed with resource access tables.
Note: All AIX file extensions must be in uppercase.
Parent topic: Using ACIF