RE: Export Overlay

CRTPRTF FILE(SMPOVRLAY) FRONTOVL(your_overlay_name_here)

You'll need the second most simple file, one record , one bye long with a blank character.

CPYF BLANK SMPOVRLAY



Bill Scott
Océ North America, Inc.
Tel.: (561) 997-3256
e-mail: Bill.Scott@xxxxxxx

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:30
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Export Overlay

Hi Spencer -

What tool are you using to convert AFP to PDF or TIFF?

Thanks...

- Michael

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Spencer Elliott <spencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Thanks Bill,

Great answer!

I do have a tool to convert AFP to PDF or tiff. What I do not have is
a tool to print the overlay and I also do not have the menu AFPU or
the CVTOVLPFM command. I guess I can write a spool file with no
(space) data and the overlay then convert it to tiff or PDF.

Spencer

Scott, Bill wrote:

If you truly want to export it to use on a different system, you may
run

CVTOVLPFM to a temp file and then CPYTOPCD to go to a folder and
document or CPYTOSTMF to go to a stream file. The resulting file is
still AFP and needs something on the other end that can understand
that format. There are some free viewers and converters, but they
still need any fonts and page segments to be complete. If you need to
migrate a lot of AFP resources, such as page defs, form defs, fonts,
overlays, and page segs, to another system that can use AFP, I'll give
you some code that converts all of the AFP objects in a library.

I'm guessing that you don't want AFP on the other end but rather
some

sort of image format. If that is the case try printing the overlay,
then the iSeries will resolve the fonts, pegs segs etc. and do scaling
to your printer's resolution. If you have any of the tools to convert
spool files to PDF, just run that and convert the PDF to image.

If you have the old AFP utilities installed, GO AFPU has an option
22

that lets you sample print overlays.

Bill Scott
Océ North America, Inc.
Tel.: (561) 997-3256
e-mail: Bill.Scott@xxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Spencer Elliott

Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 6:41
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Export Overlay

Hi,
Does anyone know of a way to export a OVL object from the iSeries
back to

a graphics file format in the IFS?

Thank,
Spencer
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