RE: PC Objects to AFP Page segments?

[Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Generally, I would use AFP to print graphics (logos, barcodes, boxes) or
multiple fonts on AS/400 created output.  When you say "PC objects" are you
talking about text or image data?  For image data, I would fire up my PC
image application (paintbrush, etc.) and then print the image through the
IBM AFP printer driver.  Specify that you want a page segment in the device
options, and the PC file that results is a binary "AFP page segment" object.
Get that to the AS/400 and CRTPAGSEG.  Then you can use that page segment in
your DDS to print the image in your AS/400 program.

For plain text, I would simply FTP the text to an AS/400 file and read it in
the AS/400 program.

For more info, check out the MIDRANGE-L archives at
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l-archive/
Search for "page segment"

Buck Calabro
Billing Concepts Albany, NY
mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richrd Wilson 
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 3:15 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      PC Objects to AFP Page segments?
> 
> Good Morning World
> 
> We're working on a project to use AFP in the construction of documents -
> let's call them 'letters'.
> 
> The intent is to construct a letter looking report from dynamically chosen
> paragraphs which will be created on a PC.
> 
> Any and all help advice and 'been there, done that' stories would be
> appreciated
> but to be specific, we're having an initial problem in identifying what
> types of
> PC object the convert to page segment command will accept.
> 
> We've tried lots of stuff - what's the answer?
> 
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