RE: Outq to PDF to Email

Rich,

While that is true, it would have taken more time to completely redo the DDS
for the printer file.

I found IBM's green screen Overlay Utility easy enough to use and when you
told it you wanted a shaded rectangle 1/8" high starting at (x,y) that was
exactly what you got on the printout.

Basically, I just wanted to warn the OP that using a Windows app. and the
AFP driver may not provide a 100% WYSIWYG environment.  From this list, it's
possible that Word itself may have been part of my trouble; others have had
better luck with using Open Office for overlay creation.  However, it should
be noted that I did try a at least couple of other Windows apps, at least
one was a non-Microsoft app.

Charles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Duzenbury [mailto:rduz-midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 1:19 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Outq to PDF to Email
> 
> 
> > Using Word and the IBM
> > AFP printer driver to create the overlay was easy, but I 
> could get the
> > shaded lines to be quite the right size or position (this 
> was at 8 LPI).  I
> > ended up using the green screen AFP manager(?) license 
> program to create my
> > overlays.  
> 
> This is no longer a problem.  Take a look at the DDS keyword
> 'Position'.  It allows placement of a field or constant down to the
> hundredth of an inch.  You can also use a number of variable 
> pitch fonts
> and varying point sizes, should you so choose.  You can even 
> use program
> to system fields so that you can specify where things print 
> under direct
> control of your program code.
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Rich
> 
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