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Figure 2. Using ACIF to Prepare Files for Viewing
Figure 2 shows the path your data takes when you are preparing files for viewing
with the Workbench Viewer.
1. The process begins with your application (1), which is the program that
processes your print data.
2. Your application creates your print data (2a) and optionally creates ACIF
processing parameters (2b). Resources are stored in the PSF resource
libraries (2c).
3. You run ACIF (3), specifying that it create the index object file (3a), the AFP
document (3b), and the resource file (3c).
4. For optimal performance in locating pages in a file, you concatenate (4) the
index object file (3a) to the AFP document (3b). If the resources used by the
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