Techniques Avancees CODESOFT Sentinel Print Pack User Manual page 18

Data Source Sentinel
The print document is copied from your application into a directory. Figure
3 below illustrates how the Data source sentinel works.
Ap p lic a tio ns
Unix,
AS400 ,
D a t a
PC ,
...
Print document
is copied in the
specified
directory
Network
Adding a Data source sentinel is the way you define a data source.
The print document, whose format matches the format of the data source,
is analyzed by the Data source sentinel. The file mode method uses Micro-
soft ODBC 32-bit connections. It requires specifying a data source, so that
an appropriate analysis method can be associated with a file (identified by
its name, path, and type).
The data source will be associated with:
w an output printer;
w an ODBC data source; and
w parameters characterizing the print job.
Data sources may be specified either directly from the CODESOFT Senti-
nel Print Pack interface, or via the configuration panel of the Windows
station.
Wind o w s
C :\
1
0
0
Directory
a c c e ssib l e from
the Windows
TM
station
Network
Figure 3: Functional Diagram
Station
TM
Se ntine l
D a t a
Print Pa c k
Print orders
Printer
TM