Restore a spooled file

Restore a spooled file

With InterFormNG2 you restore a spooled file in two manners:

  1. You can download a loaded spooled file from the InterFormNG2 library, and upload it into the library (same procedure as an XML file) of another InterFormNG2 installation e.g. on a windows machine to create a fitting template in the designer. This is however not restoring the full spooled file, but only the contents.
  2. You can also do a real restore of a spooled file, that was previously saved in e.g. InterForm400 or InterFormNG2 with the command, IFORMNG2/SAVSPLF.

 

Below the second option is covered

A real restore of a saved spooled file can be done with the command, IFORMNG2/RSTSPLF. In order to run the command you need to get to a command line in a 5250 session.

The command has these parameters:

                  Restore splf from stream file (RSTSPLF)

Type choices, press Enter.
 From stream file  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FROMSTMF
 Output queue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OUTQ         *JOB          Name, *JOB
   Library  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              Name, *LIBL





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  1. From stream file
    The path and file name of the stream file in the IFS, that contains the saved spooled file.
  2. Output queue
    The output queue, that you want to restore the spooled file to.
  3. Library
    The library of the output queue, that you want to restore the spooled file to.

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