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36 Converting via runfm > 36.6 Comparing runfm with the DCL command-line filter

36.6 Comparing runfm with the DCL command-line filter

With runfm you can do any of the following:

Advantages of runfm

The advantage of runfm over the DCL command-line filter is availability of all the Mif2Go options that are excluded from DCL command-line operation, including book conversion, template import, and postprocessing steps; in other words, if you want to do any of the following:

See §37.1 How the DCL filter works.

Advantages of DCL

However, with DCL you do not need FrameMaker at all (just the MIF files to be converted), and you can use a Windows .bat file to execute system commands before and after conversion. Also, DCL is faster, if all you are doing is including documentation as part of a build process, after writers are satisfied with the results of interactive conversions. See §37 Converting via DCL.