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RE: [SPAM] Re: Changing supplied overlays
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Denny Malloy
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Sep 25, 2009 08:33 PDT
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Thanks for the replies.
The overlays are external. My problem is I have nothing to change the
information in the overlay. There is a good chance I will need to move
the text around and I do not know enough about AFP to do this using a
hex editor.
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From: Donald Scrima [mailto:dscr-@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 11:07 AM
To: afp-@topica.com
Subject: [SPAM] Re: _[afp-l] Changing supplied overlays
Importance: Low
Dennis,
Guido asked an important question on the overlays. If the overlay is in
line with the data I suggest extracting the overlays with Jesse's
"AFPextract" utility or his AFPviewer v112 (called AFPTools) now the
overlays are accessible make the changes you need or replace the overlay
with a new one (that is changes) with the same overlay name. Make sure
you have it in a library or directory in the search path for the print
driver (PSF InfoPrint Mge, etc). Then as Guido explained with a hex
editor (UltraEdit is a good one) change one character of the name of the
overlay you are replacing (suggest Jesse's AFPexplorer to find the
overlay in the data stream). Now the inline overlay can not be found a
print time and PSF will look to the library search path to try and find
the overlay and it is replaced. It is a manual process.
If the overlay is external, simple change the overlay in question and
replace the old one ( supplied overlay ) with the changed one in the
library ( suggest keep the original off to the side in case new one does
not work and you need the original overlay for troubleshooting and
change again).
These are not for a beginner; an intermediate AFP skill level is needed.
You originally ask is there an application that will do this,
AFP-Splitter <http://www.afp-splitter.com/> from CRE-DO, would work for
inline overlays to extract them, and treat the overlays as external
resources. In my expiation above I mention another utility to pull out
the overlays. But you still have manual intervention.
If this is going to occur a lot, you may want to investigate
StreamWeaver (from Pitney Bowes). It is mainframe and completed but
would do what you want. A search of the web may turn up another.
Regards,
Donald Scrima, EDP
AFP Education & Consulting
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Guido Schnepp <guido.s-@cre-do.de>
wrote:
Dennis,
are the overlays delivered embedded in a resource group, or
externally as separate file? It's easy to exchange an overlay content,
if you have it external. You only have to modify it and to save under
the same name like the original one.
If you have it inline, another way could help: Just rename the
original inline resource with e.g. a hex editor. The new overlay will
then be searched in your external library (see above).
To split a full featured AFPDS file with inline resources into
its components, you can use different products like AFP-Splitter
<http://www.afp-splitter.com/> from CRE-DO. A simple product to
recombine AFPDS files as you like is unknown to me, but normally not
needed, if you can handle external resources.
Regards
Guido
Von: Dennis Malloy [mailto:denny.-@npcweb.com]
Gesendet: Freitag, 25. September 2009 14:28
An: afp-@topica.com
Betreff: _[afp-l] Changing supplied overlays
Is there an easy way to change overlays? We currently receive
the overlays from our customer and do not change them but we might have
to make some minor changes. We currently only need an application to
change overlays.
Dennis Malloy
System Programmer
NPC, Inc.
13710 Dunnings Hwy
P.O. Box 373
Claysburg, PA 16625
814.239.8787 - Phone
814.239.8706 - Fax
denny.-@npcweb.com
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