AFP Resource Structure

Audience

This course is intended for all users who need to understand the structure of the AFP resources and of the AFP objects which may be contained therein. This may include operations support personnel, programmers and systems programmers and administrators.

Prerequisites

Delegates should be familiar with the basic concepts of data processing in an operating system with a spooling subsystem and of Advanced Function Presentation and its applications, which could be acquired by attending the ‘AFP Introduction’ course.

Duration

3 days. Hands on.

Course Objectives

This course teaches the delegate the format of the AFP structured field record, and, using relevant AFP Architecture manuals, the structured fields contained in AFP objects, resources, print data sets and document index. After relevant lectures, delegates will analyze AFP objects and resource types, extract significant information from them, using a suitable browser and / or editor, and make relevant modifications to aid understanding.

Course Content

An Brief Overview of AFP
- Concepts and terminology
- AFP resources

AFP Font Resources
- Font structure and components
- Structured Fields in Font Components
(Coded Fonts, CodePages and Character Sets)

Page Definitions
- Page Definition structure
- Data Maps and Active Environment Groups
- Data Map Transmission Subcase
- Structured Field Analysis
- What we can see clearly in EBCDIC

Form Definitions
- Form Definition structure
- Document Environment Groups and Medium Maps
- Structured Field Analysis
- What we can see clearly in EBCDIC

Page Segments
- Page Segment structure
- IM1 and IOCA Image Objects
- GOCA Graphics Objects
- Structured Field Analysis

Electronic Overlays
- Electronic Overlay structure
- Invoking Overlays
- Objects which can be contained in Overlays

AFP Print Data Sets
- Page Data Set structure
- Line Data Set structure
- Inline Resources

Bar Code Objects
- Bar Code Object structure
- Object Environment Group and Bar Code Data Descriptor

Presentation Text Objects
- The Presentation Text (PTX) Record
- Text Control Sequences

Please Note:
The customer must have access to the AFP Architecture Manuals, either hard or soft copy. There will be some desk exercises, creating some structured fields which the delegate may wish to either view or print if suitable facilities are available.