Xerox 5 User Manual - Using VI Project Containers
VI PDF Originator User’s Guide
FreeFlow Variable Information Suite 5.0 (7/2006)
VIPO-59
Using VIPP PDF interactive features
A complete set of VIPP PDF Interactive Features (PIF), available in VIPP 4.0 and later,
allow you to create interactive elements when the VIPP job is rendered into a PDF
document. For an overview of VIPP PIF and details about each related command, refer
to the
VIPP Language Reference Manual
.
Using VI Project Containers
VI Project Containers (VPC or .vpc) are a convenient way to archive, exchange, and
deploy VIPP applications. VPCs are created with VI Designer.
When creating an application with VI Designer, you typically work with a sample print file
containing a limited number of records (the sample print file is shown as a local resource
in the notebook display; it is the one with the blue gear icon). By definition, this is sample
data and is not intended for use in a production run.
However, VIPO is intended for use in a production environment; it knows about VI Project
Containers and will not use the VPCs sample data.
Follow these steps to add a production submission file to your VI Project from within VI
Designer:
1
From the notebook display, right click on the
Local folder
icon. A pop-up menu
appears.
2
Select
Add Resource To Project
from the pop-up menu to add your production
submission file to the project (submission files must have an extension of .lm, .nm,
or .dbf). Your submission file will have a small number “1” in its icon, indicating that
it is submission file 1.
3
Export your project as a VPC from VI Designer by clicking the
Export
VI Project
Container
button on the VI Designer tool bar.
NOTE
A VPC sent to the VIPO Server must contain a production submission
file; any VPC submitted to the VIPO Server with only a sample data file
will be rejected.
NOTE
VI Designer allows you to add multiple submission files to your project,
but the VIPO Server only processes submission file 1.