Creating a map file

You create a map file that describes how to map original images, overlays and color profiles to external resources. Then you add the map file to the AFP driver configuration. The map file settings override the corresponding AFP driver GUI settings for images, overlays and color profiles.

To create a map file

1	Create a new table resource in a resource set.

2	Rename the table resource. For example to resourcemap.

3	Open the table resource.

4	For each image/overlay/color profile you want to map, add a new line using the syntax and parameters described below.

5	Save and close the table resource.

Syntax – Mapping an image/overlay/color profile to an external resource

The following syntax is used to map an image, overlay or color profile to an external resource.

Item TAB Type TAB Name TAB Mode TAB Location

Syntax – Specifying a color profile for a mapped image

The following syntax is used to map an image, and map a color profile for that image.

Item TAB Type TAB Name TAB Mode TAB Location COLORPROFILE TAB Name TAB Mode TAB Location

 

Parameters

Parameters
Item	The name defined for the overlay/image in the StreamServe Process tool (e.g. PageOUT).
Type	The resource type. The following types apply: PSEG – for images. OVERLAY – for overlays. COLORPRFOFILE – for color profiles.
Name	The AFP resource name, for example 01SLIPEN. Image resources have the prefix S1, and overlay resources have the prefix O1. The resource name and prefix for images and overlays can be up to eight characters long.
Mode	The mode used for the resource. The following options apply: • INCLUDE • REFERENCE • EXPORT • EMBED • IGNORE • MERGE See Modes for managing AFP resources for more information.
Location	The path to the directory with the image/overlay/color profile resource. For example, AFPRESOURCES/01SLIPEN.OVL Used only if Mode is INCLUDE or EXPORT. If Mode is INCLUDE, the resource is retrieved from this location. If Mode is EXPORT, the resource is exported to this location.
Type	COLORPROFILE This parameter is optional. It is only used to specify a color profile for an image that is mapped to an existing AFP resource.
Name	The name of the color profile. This parameter is optional. It is only used to specify a color profile for an image that is mapped to an existing AFP resource.
Mode	The mode to use for the color profile resource. The following modes apply: • INCLUDE • REFERENCE This parameter is optional. It is only used to specify a color profile for an image that is mapped to an existing AFP resource.
Location	The path to the directory with the color profile resource. Used only if Mode is INCLUDE. This parameter is optional. It is only used to specify a color profile for an image that is mapped to an existing AFP resource.

To add the map file to the AFP driver configuration

The map file you create is exported from the resource set to <export>\data\tables. You must specify this path when you configure the device driver settings.

1	Open the Runtime Connector settings dialog for the output connector that delivers the AFP output.

2	Select Job Begin and Device Driver Settings.

3	In .Map file (Resource), enter the path to the map file, for example:

data\tables\resourcemap

 

Examples

Example 9

Mapping images and overlays

In this example, the image Logo.gif and the overlay Slip.lxf are used in PageOUT. The image and overlay are added to the AFP data stream file using Include mode. The image resource is retrieved from the file S1LOENG.PSG, and is named S1LOENG. The overlay resource is retrieved from the file O1SLIPEN.OVL, and is named O1SLIPEN. Both resource files are stored in the resource directory AFPRESOURCES in the Export directory of the Project.

The map file looks like this:

//!CodePage UTF8!

Slip    OVERLAY    01SLIPEN    INCLUDE    AFPRESOURCES/01SLIPEN.OVL

Logo    PSG        S1LOEN      INCLUDE    AFPRESOURCES/S1LOEN.PSG

 

Example 10

Mapping a color profile for an image

In this example, the image logo references a color profile named ICCColorProfile45x. The color profile is added to the AFP data stream file using Include mode. The color profile is retrieved from the file ICCColorProfile45T.icc, which is located in the Project export directory called AFPRESOURCES.

The entry in the map file looks like this:

//!CodePage UTF8!

logo    COLORPROFILE     ICCColorProfile45x    INCLUDE    AFPRESOURCES/ICCColorProfile45T.icc

 

Example 11

Mapping an image that references a color profile

In this example, the image Logo is mapped to the file 1LOENG.PSG, which is located in the directory called AFPRESOURCES in the Project Export directory. The image is added to the AFP data stream file using Reference mode. The image references a color profile named ICCColorProfile45x.

The entry in the map file looks like this:

//!CodePage UTF8!

Logo    PSG    S1LOEN    INCLUDE    AFPRESOURCES/S1LOEN.PSG COLORPROFILE   		ICCColorProfile45x   REFERENCE