Re: Looking for alternative to Infoprint Designer

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not the constants - those would be part of the overlay. But you can
print variable information anywhere on the overlay. I've gotten into
the habit of direct row/column positioning.

On 2/13/07, GDS <ggarner_gds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Does MSWord allow for the movement of the data to different locations on the 
> page than the original output?
>
> Gregory A. Garner
> Garner Data Systems, Inc.
> 4270 Grand Teton Parkway
> Suwanee, GA 30024
> Phone: 770 845 9636 Fax:770 614 3496
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:41 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Looking for alternative to Infoprint Designer
>
> You can create the forms using MS Word and turn those into AFP
> overlays. You can then use overlays and page segments to generate the
> form. I like this method more than using forms packages, and I've used
> a few. Check the archives for more information.
>
> On 2/13/07, John Taylor <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Our organization is modifying a number of our forms to include bar codes and
> > other graphics, which requires us to generate AFP spool files instead of
> > SCS. Unfortunately, Code Designer has not been updated in years, and never
> > was able to do AFP documents. I know there is a program called Infoprint
> > Designer that provides a WSYWIG way of defining AFP documents, but the
> > product is prohibitively priced at $5000 U.S. per workstation, plus
> > additional fees for the server component. At that price, Infoprint Designer
> > is just another nail in the coffin of the iSeries around here.
> >
> > I realize that we can hand craft the DDS, but that's very time consuming and
> > error prone. It's just not something that I'm willing to waste my time doing
> > for the sole purpose of keeping the printing on the iSeries. Our choices
> > boil down to either finding a reasonably priced iSeries alternative to
> > Designer, or moving our printing onto the PC platform. I'm writing the list
> > to see if anyone knows of an alternative to Designer. If you have something
> > that you're currently using and happy with, I'd love to hear about it.
> > Vendors are welcome to reply directly to my email address.
> >
> > Just a thought... but shouldn't Designer have been rolled into WDSC anyway?
> > Business applications tend to require forms printing. Why don't we have a
> > modern forms designer included in our development toolset?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John Taylor
> >
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