InfoPrint Solutions Company AFP2WEB Technologies

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Convert AFP documents to HTML, XML and PDF with InfoPrint Solutions Company AFP2WEB technologies to participate more fully in today’s on demand business environment. The AFP2WEB solution can help you expand online services while you reduce costs associated with printing and mailing.

Highlights

• Converts AFP documents to HTML, PDF and XML for immediate Web-browser viewing
• Reduce costs associated with printing and mailing by delivering documents electronically
• Installs easily and runs on a wide variety of platforms
• Requires no custom configuration on client workstations
• Supports the latest AFP features, including color
• Handles documents of high complexity, including Double Byte Character Sets
• Supports PDF encryption, linearization, password protection and digital signatures
• Create or manipulate index values in large AFP documents via the AFP Visual Indexer
• Allow customers to use search and navigation features to retrieve information and maneuver within multi-page documents

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InfoPrint Solutions Company AFP2WEB Technologies

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How does it work?

AFP2WEB Technologies reside on your Web server or other back-end application server. An InfoPrint Solutions Company Professional Services team assists you with installing the solution and integrating it with your application.

AFP2WEB Technologies consist of four components, all of which are Double Byte Character Sets (DBCS) enabled to support traditional and simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

AFP2WEB — HTML feature

• Available interfaces: this feature is tightly integrated with DB2^® Content Manager On Demand and Websphere Information Integrator Content Edition. It also offers a command line interface and a C/C++ API set, and a Java interface.
• Supported platforms:
  • Windows 2000 or later, AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Linux (x/p/z Series)
  • OS/390 – z/OS (UNIX System Services)
  • iSeries (AIX LPAR and PASE – Portable Application Solutions Environment)

AFP2WEB — PDF feature

• Available interfaces: this feature is tightly integrated with DB2^® Content Manager On Demand and Websphere Information Integrator Content Edition. It also offers a command line interface and a C/C++ API set, and a Java interface.
• Supported platforms:
  • Windows 2000 or later, AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Linux (x/p/z Series)
  • OS/390 – z/OS (UNIX System Services)
  • iSeries (AIX LPAR and PASE – Portable Application Solutions Environment)
• Security: owner and end-user password protection 40/128-bit encryption and digital signature support are available.

AFP2WEB — XML feature

• Consists of two programs
  • BUILDICT – Windows Graphical User Interface, which allows users to select triggers and generates XML data tags and associate XML data tags with AFP data.
  • AFP2XML, which reads existing AFP file, uses XML control file to determine what data to extract and how to format and creates XML file. Uses JAVA User Programming Exit for complex data extraction requirements.
• Supported platforms:
  • Graphical User Interface – Windows
  • ExtractXML – Windows 2000 or later, AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Linux (x/p/z Series), OS/390-z/OS (UNIX System Services)

AFP2XML — Batch Conversion

AFP Visual Indexer

• Consists of two programs:
  • BuildICT – Windows 2000 or later Graphical User Interface, which allows users to select triggers and manipulate group/page level index values, and creates an "index control file."
  • IndexAFP, which reads existing AFP files and writes new AFP files with group/page level tagged logical elements (TLEs), and it generates data, resource and index output files such as ACIF. Uses JAVA User Programming Exit for complex indexing requirements. Provides the ability to parse NOP strings and create index values.
• Supported platforms:
  • Graphical User Interface – Windows 2000 or later
  • IndexAFP – Windows 2000 or later, AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Linux (x/p/z Series), OS/390 – z/OS (UNIX System Services)

Indexing data with AFP Visual Indexer

InfoPrint Solutions Company AFP2WEB Technologies

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Feature	Benefits
AFP2HTML, AFP2PDF, AFP2XML and AFP™ Visual Indexer	Choose the capabilities you want via individual components within the AFP2WEB Transforms services offering.
Runs on a wide variety of platforms	Leverage the benefits of AFP using Windows® NT®/2000/XP, AIX®, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Linux®, OS/390®-z/OS® and iSeries™.
Runs on your Web server or other back-end application server	Avoid the time, disruption and expense associated with configuring client workstations.
Customized AFP transformation	Improve processing time and viewing. Create configuration files to substitute pre-generated graphics and images, such as logos, that appear regularly in your documents. Add images to emulate preprinted forms and/or color to replace AFP shaded areas.
PDF file security	Increase control over your information with an added layer of security and encryption. Define owner to control modification, copying and printing. Define end-user passwords to control document access. Add a digital signature to provide another layer of security.
Integration with InfoPrint Solutions Company DB2® Content Manager™ OnDemand™, OnDemand Web Enablement Kit and WebSphere Information Integrator Content Edition	Simplify and streamline content management throughout your enterprise.
Support for APIs and command line interfaces	Achieve greater flexibility by being able to use AFP2WEB Transforms programmatically.

InfoPrint Solutions Company AFP2WEB Technologies

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With AFP2WEB Technologies, you can transform AFP documents to Web-savvy formats such as HTML, XML and PDF. With this solution, you can enable your business to serve up statements, invoices and other communications online. In addition, by integrating AFP2WEB Technologies with other InfoPrint Solutions Company solutions such as DB2^® Content Manager™ OnDemand™ and Websphere Information Integrator Content Edition, you can extend your content management system, archives and related workflow.

Capabilities

AFP2Web Technologies offer the following capabilities:

• Convert AFP documents into Web-savvy HTML, XML and PDF formats.
• View and print documents using a Web browser such as Netscape or Microsoft® Internet Explorer for HTML and XML, and Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF.
• Maintain AFP document fidelity.
• Use the Visual Indexer component to add or update indexes to fully composed AFP files and facilitate file segmentation.
• Display images and text onscreen with the same fidelity as if they were printed.
• Use search and navigation features to retrieve information and maneuver within multi-page documents.
• Customize AFP document transformation with regularly used images, such as logos, color and more to reduce processing time and enhance viewing.
• Add another layer of security to PDF files with passwords and encryption.
• Transform complex documents, including files that contain Double Byte Character Sets.

Prerequisites

Client software requirements

• Netscape^® 7.1 (or later) or Microsoft Internet Explorer™ 6.0 (or later) is all that is needed to view HTML documents.
• Adobe^® Acrobat^® Reader^® 5.0 (or later) is all that is needed to view PDF documents.
• Adobe^® Acrobat^® Reader^® 7.0.5 (or later) is needed to view PDF documents that have been digitally signed.