IBM AS/400 , Contents

Contents

Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Trademarks and Service Marks ........................... xv

About IBM Advanced Function Printing Utilities for AS/400 ......... xvii

Who Should Use This Book ............................. xviii

Chapter 1. What are the IBM Advanced Function Printing Utilities for

AS/400? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

What You Can Do with AFP Utilities for AS/400 ................... 4

Using Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Using Bar Codes ................................... 8

Using Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Overlay Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Print Format Utility ................................... 10

Resource Management Utility ............................. 12

AFP Resource and AFP Utilities for AS/400 .................... 13

Requirements for Use of the AFP Utilities for AS/400 ............... 13

Hardware Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Software Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

AFP Utilities Fundamentals (Concepts) ....................... 14

Libraries, Files, and Members ........................... 14

Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

AFP Utilities for AS/400 Displays ......................... 15

Menu Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Work with Display ................................ 15

Design display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Related Online Information .............................. 19

Help for Displays .................................. 19

InfoSeeker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Help for Control Language Commands ...................... 19

Chapter 2. Introduction to the Overlay Utility ................. 23

Print Form and Overlay ................................ 23

Source Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Overlay Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Overlay Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Design Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Operation Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 3. Getting Started with the Overlay Utility .............. 29

Step 1 - Starting the Overlay Utility ......................... 30

Step 2 - Creating a Source Overlay File ...................... 31

Step 3 - Creating a Source Overlay ......................... 33

Defining a Text Element .............................. 34

Defining a Line Element .............................. 37

Defining a Box Element .............................. 38

Defining a Bar Code Element ........................... 40

Placing a Graphics Element ............................ 42