R: Help w/Text in Overlays made in Windows

Try this:
Get the AFP printer properties, go to Font's tab and uncheck "Use sotitution
table (or something like that, my one is in Italian)" anyway the first check
box. If you want more information use the help over that check box.
Hope it helps
Marco

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Klement <klemscot@klements.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 9:13 AM
Subject: Help w/Text in Overlays made in Windows


>
> I've been working on an overlay to replace a preprinted form.
>
> I created the overlay in Windows and print it to a file using the IBM AFP
> driver that comes w/Client Access Express. I upload it to my AS/400, and
> use CRTOVL to make an *OVL object.   This part works fine.
>
> When I print, it overlays the page with my overlay as expected.  Any
> graphics/lines/etc on the overlay are printed as expected.
>
> The text, however, is gibberish.  It looks like maybe it's not being
> converted from ASCII to EBCDIC!
>
> Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?  (or which step I'm missing?)
> Or doesn't text work on an overlay?
>
> Is there a special codepage that I need to assign somewhere?  If so, where
> do I set it?   What do I set it to (I'm in the USA, running the standard
> EBCDIC on my AS/400 -- I believe thats codepage 37)
>
> Any ideas?



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