IBM AS/400 manual Operation Flow, Segment, Graphic

Box	The box element is a rectangle that is defined by the
	diagonally opposite corners. It can be placed anywhere o
	overlay. You	can	select the		shade pattern	inside	the	bo
	of box line	(either		dotted,	dashed, or	solid),	and	line
	may define text inside the box. Optionally, the text may
	justified inside		the	box.

Bar CodeThe bar code element is a set of bars and spaces of created from data by IPDS printers or AFP Utilities. It placed at a specified position on the overlay. You can following:

Ÿ

Bar

code

data

Ÿ

Placement position

Ÿ

Type

of

bar

code

Ÿ

Size

Ÿ

Color

Ÿ

Whether

or

not

to

print

a

human-readable

interpretation

Ÿ

Whether

or

not

to

include

a

check

digit.

Page Segment

A

page

segment

is

an

image

in

the

AFP

resource

library.

refer

to

a

page

segment

by

its

name

and

specify

the

to

define

it as an overlay element. You

can

include

the

page

segment

repeatedly

in

an

overlay.

Graphic

A

graphic

is

an

image

constructed

by

vector

data. Graph

be

created

by

using

AS/400

GDDM

(Graphical

Data

Display

Manager)

or

Business Graphics Utility. A graphic is stored

AS/400

as a

graphic data file. or AS/400

GDDM

and

stored

AS/400 file. You can refer

to

a

graphics

by

its file

an

name and specify an area that is defined by the two

opposite corners to define it as an overlay element. See

Appendix D,

“Using GDFs in AFP Utilities”

on

page 441

on

h

create

GDF

files.

You can select any of the overlay elements above and place them at positions to define the overlay.

Operation Flow

Figure 14 on	page 26 shows an overview of the overlay utility operat
to create	an overlay.

Chapter 2. Introduction to the Overlay25 Utility