Document Maintenance

You use this activity to define production-related documents such as labels and travelers that can be printed for an SFC number, shop order, process lot, container, or inventory records.

This activity allows you to specify the information that is available for printing and also the information needed to print the document to a third-party printing package. For more information, see Setting Up Printing.

Fields

The following tables describe fields requiring explanation:

Main Tab
Field	Description
Template	The document template used to print this document You can use an `.mdf` file for Adobe printing and `.lwf` file for Loftware printing.
Print Method	Automatic: Specifies that this document will be printed automatically Manual: Specifies that this document will be printed manually Reprint: Specifies that this document will be available to print via Document (Re)print only (see Document (Re)print) All: Specifies that this document will be available to print automatically, manually, and via Document (Re)print

Print Integration Tab
Field	Description
Data Acquisition	The name of the Java class that must be executed to acquire the data for this document
User Argument (Data Acquisition)	The user-defined data that is passed to the Data Acquisition class for this document
Formatting	The name of the Java class that must be executed to format this document for the third-party printing package Note that the system supports the Adobe and Loftware printing packages, other formats require customization.
Transport	The name of the Java class that must be executed to transport the formatted data to the third-party printing package
Write Error Log	If selected, it writes errors to the `PRINTING_LOG` table as these Java classes are executed.