Workbench

Viewer

uses

Adobe

Type 1

or

true type outline fonts when

documents.

If the

document references

a

font for which no Type 1

at

 

the

workstation,

Workbench

Viewer

can

substitute

an

outline

font

 

fo

requested

font.

Workbench

Viewer

matches

the

requested

point

 

size

a

to

 

match

 

the typeface as closely as possible. Font definition files

Workbench

Viewer

to

allow

you

to

define

which Type

1

 

fonts

are

to

for

your

AFP

fonts.

Because

Workbench

Viewer

does

not

use

AFP

 

fonts,

not

 

need

to

specifyrestype =thefont

ACIF

parameter

when

preparing

 

a document

 

to

 

use

with

Workbench

Viewer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When

using

ACIF to index a file for indexobj=allviewing, specify.Thissetting

 

 

 

 

 

 

provides Workbench Viewer with the most complete indexing information fo

 

accessing

 

groups of pages in a file. Also, concatenate

the

index

obje

 

document for optimal performance of Workbench Viewer. (It is important

 

document

file

comes

last, at

the

end

of

the

resulting

concatenated

fi

 

an

error

will

occur.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workbench

Viewer

limits

the

size

of

the

attribute

names

in

indexing

i

 

64

bytes.

When

indexing

data

 

for

viewing,

make

your

attribute

 

names

u

 

the

 

first

64 bytes. (ACIF allows up to 250 bytes for

attribute

names

Workbench

Viewer

supports

a

subset of MO:DCA-P

data

and

 

may

not

displa

everything

that

PSF can

print.

For

example,

OS/2

Workbench

 

Viewer

recogn

but

ignores

bar

code

(BCOCA)

objects,

whereas

PSF can

print

these

obj

AFP Toolbox for Multiple

Operating

Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFP Toolbox(Program Number 5655-A25) assists application programmers in

 

 

 

formatting

printed output.

Without requiring knowledge of the AFP

data

s

Toolbox

provides

access

to sophisticated

AFP

functions

through++,

a

callable

or

COBOL interface. With AFP Toolbox you can:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Combine

variable

data

 

with electronic forms, electronic signatures, an

Ÿ

Define

variable

length

paragraphs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Draw fixed or variable depth and width boxes

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Generate

bar

code

objects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Draw horizontal and vertical fixed or variable length lines

 

 

 

Ÿ

Include

 

indexing

tags

for use in efficient viewing, archival,

and

r

Ÿ

Accent printed output with color and shading

 

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Dynamically control fonts, including user-defined fonts

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Precisely

position and

align text anywhere

on

a page using

a

wide

 

 

fonts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Create

graphical

data

objects such as

pie

charts

and bar

charts

AFP Toolbox is available on OS/390, MVS, AIX, OS/2, and OS/400 platforms.

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IBM S544-5285-01 manual AFP Toolbox for Multiple, Operating Systems