VMS Help  —  PMDF  DCF
    Convert WPS and DX files to other formats.

    Syntax

      PMDF DCF  input-file-spec output-file-spec

    Positional Qualifiers Defaults

    /FORMAT=type          See text

1  –  Restrictions 

    o  This utility is available only for OpenVMS VAX.

    o  This utility is available only with the PMDF-MR optional
       layered product, must be explicitly built by the PMDF system.
       manager, (see the PMDF System Manager's Guide), and is only
       intended for internal use by the PMDF-MR channels.

    o  The file extensions of the input and output files are not user
       selectable.

2  –  Prompts 

    Input file:   input-file-spec
    Output file:  output-file-spec

3  –  Parameters 

 input-file-spec

    The name of an input file to convert. The format of the file
    must be specified with a positional /FORMAT qualifier. The file
    extension of the input file must match the specified format (see
    the /FORMAT qualifier description for details).

 output-file-spec

    The name of an output file to create. The format of the output
    file is selected with the /FORMAT positional qualifier. The file
    extension of the output file must match the specified format (see
    the /FORMAT qualifier description for details).

4  –  Description 

    The DCF utility is used by PMDF-MR to convert WPS and DX
    message bodyparts to ASCII. This facility is built from document
    conversion software supplied as part of the MRGATE kit (version
    3.1 or 3.2), the Message Router VMS MAIL gateway. PMDF-MR will
    function without this utility but it will be unable to convert
    WPS and DX bodyparts to ASCII.

5  –  Positional Qualifiers

5.1    /FORMAT 

       /FORMAT=type

    This positional qualifier must be given for both the input and
    output file specifications. The allowable types are ASCII, DX,
    and WPSFILE. The file extension of the input and output file
    must be given and they must agree with the selected format: for
    ASCII files the file extension must be .TXT, for DX files the
    file extension must be .DX, and for WPSFILE files the extension
    must be .WPL. Failure to use the proper extension will result in
    unpredictable results.

6  –  Examples 

      The following command may be used to convert a WPS-PLUS file to
      an ordinary text format:

 $ PMDF DCF koala.wpl/FORMAT=WPSFILE mrsdd.txt/FORMAT=ASCII

      All special text attributes (e.g., bold, underlined, etc.), are
      lost in the conversion from WPS-PLUS to ASCII.
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