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| Manage page segments, including print support
| Convert overlays and page segments to file format for use with client
| workstation applications
| Print Format Utility: Provides an interactive method for creating AFP printing
| applications directly from AS/400 database files. The Print Format Utility is similar
| to Query for AS/400, but the Print Format Utility is designed for creating AFP
| output, not reports. With the Print Format Utility, complex document applications
| that combine database-driven variable data with overlays, image, bar coding, fonts,
| and other document elements can be produced. Print Format Utility functions
| include:
| All of the text, box, line, bar code, graphics, and image functions supported with
| the Overlay Utility
| Ability to design a record layout and page layout
| Select records from a database file
| Place database fields anywhere in the record layout
| Place variable page segments (images) and graphics in the record layout
| Replicate the record layout across and down the page
| Select overlays to be added to each page
| Specify control breaks for selected fields in the database file
The AFP Utilities for AS/400 provide you the above AFP* functions on the AS/400
system interactively. You can perform your task by selecting options or typing
choices on the menu display.
This chapter describes the following:
What you can do with AFP Utilities for AS/400
Functions of AFP Utilities for AS/400
Requirements for use of AFP Utilities for AS/400
What You Can Do with AFP Utilities for AS/400
AFP Utilities for AS/400 enable you to print a document such as a business letter in
only one step. In conventional printing, you must load letterhead paper into your
printer, print the letter texts, and then manually sign the letter.
4 AFP Utilities for AS/400 User’s Guide