Re: Trouble Using AFP Printer Driver -- MIDRANGE-L

Robert,
It is late, and I am tired, Somewhere in the fog of my past, I recall their 
being a
CVT step. As I recall, it takes place on the AS/400, to convert the overlay to 
a PF.
Check out AFP Utilities for AS/400 User's Guide.
Bob

Robert Meade wrote:

> Hello!  I was quite excited when I discovered IBM has AFP print drivers for
> Windows 95 on the Web with easy to follow instructions.  I have tried creating
> very simple print files in both M$ Word as well as notepad, printing it as a
> file to a shared folder, then entering these AS/400 commands:
>
> 1. CRTPF FILE(lib/WORKF) RCDLEN(8201) LVLCHK(*NO)
> 2. CPYFRMPDC FROMFLD(folder) TOFILE(lib/WORKF) FROMDOC(980820.prn) 
>TRNTBL(*NONE)
> TRNFMT(*NOTEXT)
> 3. CRTOVL OVL(lib/MYOVL) FILE(lib/WORKF) MBR(WORKF)
>
> Each time, step 3 results in the following error:
>
>  Message ID . . . . . . :   CPD88C0       Severity . . . . . . . :   30
>  Message . . . . :   File WORKF in MEADE not valid for creating a *OVL.
>  Cause . . . . . :   The file or member cannot be used to create a printer
>    resource. *N means that the incoming data was an internal system space. No
>    source file or library is specified. The reason code is 02.  The reason
>    codes and their meanings are:
>      1 - A length field contained in the incoming data for the printer 
>resource
>    is not correct.
>      2 - The structured field identifier in the incoming data for the printer
>    resource is not correct or is not supported. The error was detected while
>    processing record 1, byte number 52. The structured field which is not
>    correct may be caused by a length that is not correct on the previous
>    structure field. The structured field which was being processed at the time
>    is '5A0033D3A8A8'X.
>      3 - The file or member specified contains no data.
>  Recovery  . . . :   Verify that the names of the file, library, and member 
>are
>    specified correctly on the command.
>
> I have no idea what to do, or what I've done wrong.  Has anyone seen this
> problem?  Can anyone help, or direct me to a source of help?  (Another thing
> that really makes this weird is that a couple months ago, using an earlier
> version of the driver, I was able to create an overlay with a table from Word,
> but all the characters were translated to gobbledygook.  Now I can't even get
> that far with the updated driver!)
>
> thanks for any help you can provide!
> rwm
>
> Robert Meade
> CIS Manager
> Worldwide Church of God
>
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