IBM AS/400 What You Can Do with AFP Utilities for AS/400

|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.
4AFP Utilities for AS/400 User’s Guide