AFP Toolbox

AFP Toolbox (Program Number 5655-A25) assists application programmers in formatting printed output. Without requiring knowledge of the AFP data stream, AFP Toolbox provides access to sophisticated AFP functions through a callable C, C++, or COBOL interface. These are the tasks that you can do with AFP Toolbox:

• Combine variable data with electronic forms, electronic signatures, and images.
• Define variable length paragraphs.
• Draw fixed- or variable-depth and width boxes.
• Generate bar code objects.
• Draw horizontal and vertical fixed- or variable-length lines.
• Include indexing tags for use in efficient viewing, archival, and retrieval.
• Accent printed output with color and shading.
• Dynamically control fonts, including user-defined fonts.
• Precisely position and align text anywhere on a page by using a wide variety of fonts.
• Create graphical data objects such as pie charts and bar charts.
• Create tables of any complexity.
• Draw circles, partial circles, ellipses, and partial ellipses.

AFP Toolbox is available on z/OS®. For more information, see AFP Application Programming Interface: Programming Guide and Reference, S544-3872.