OverView AFP Designer Workshop

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Goals

• Master graphical design of the forms (OGL) and data (PPFA-mode)
• Develop complex forms application

Content

AFP Introduction:

• Basics of the AFP architecture
• Overlays and Pagesegments
• PAGEDEF and FORMDEF
• Resources for printing

Designing a print application:

• Generating a font library
• Loading existing Overlay and data applications (OGLs, PPFA)
• Placing of logos and images
• Creating Overlay building blocks
• Graphical functionalities - DRAWBOX, DRAWRULE, DRAWCIRCLE, DRAWPATH
• Clipboard functionality for text import
• Text functions, undo/redo, hotkeys
• Working with templates
• Reading and placing of linemode input data
• Graphical reading of input data as PRINTLINE and FIELD
• Placement of data on Overlays
• Conditional processing
• Definition of print jobs with PAGEFORMATs and COPYGROUPs
• Compiling OGL and PPFA sources into AFPDS resources
• PRINTLINE Overlays and Pagesegments
• N_Up print definitions
• 2D Barcodes (Datamatrix, PDF417, Maxicode)
• True color support

Printing functions:

• Test printing on PCL4/5 printers
• Transfer of sources and resources between PC and mainframe (Send/ Receive)
• Central and decentralized printing
• Production simulation: Use Papyrus Server/PageEXEC for AFP generation from FDF/PDFgeneration from PPFA-application

Font techniques:

• Font types, bitmap and outline and true type
• Font resources (coded font, codepage, character set)
• Font editing with Overview Font Editor
• Tools: resize, rescale, convert
• Shading, inverting, font kerning
• Font resolutions
• Font conversions
• Clipboard functions

Images:

• Create and edit pagesegments with Overview Image Editor
• Importing TIFF formats
• Tools: rescale, resize, positioning text, flip, mirror, filter options
• True color TIFF support
• Image export

Viewing of an AFPDS:

• Use the Papyrus Client for test
• Print to local PC printers
• Verify application print resources

Forms Fill:

• Defining a FormsFill application
• Interactive forms using Papyrus Client

Registration

To register please complete and submit the online registration.
You will receive a written confirmation with the accurate course information, a map to find the course location and a choice of hotels nearby. We are happy to book the hotel reservation for you if required. More information on available hotels can be found here.

Cancellation of the course is free of charge up to two weeks before the course date. After that, the full fee for the course applies.

We would like to point out that workshops might be postponed due to low registration and recommend taking this into account when arranging your flight schedule. Please note that all our prices are quoted net and do not include local taxes.

Course materials including course guide are included in the price (download). All prices are excluding tax.