Distributing AFP Output Electronically
A company creates complex documents that contain page segments, overlays, and bar codes. The documents are then printed and distributed to users within their network and external clients. This company wants to be able to distribute the documents electronically. However, the documents require those external resources to be available in order to print or view correctly.
Here is how this company can use the Infoprint Server components to meet its requirements:
1.An application creates the data and puts it on the OS/400 spool.
2.The Create AFP Data (CRTAFPDTA) command generates the document as an AFP stream file and gathers all of the needed resources into a resource stream file. It then concatenates the AFP stream file and resources into a merged stream file.
3.Users can now view the merged file on their workstation, use the file on another system, or archive the file.
Figure 8 shows how you can use Infoprint Server to distribute AFP output electronically.
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Figure 8. Packaging AFP data with its resources for electronic distribution
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