Using the AFP2PDF Plus Transform

In this section:

1. Starting and Stopping the AFP2PDF Plus Server on a Windows Server
   For Windows operating systems, two programs are supplied:
2. Starting and Stopping the AFP2PDF Plus Server on a UNIX Server
   For UNIX operating systems, two programs are supplied:
3. AFP2PDF Plus Transform Command
   The new afp2pdf client command is plug-compatible with the previous afp2pdf command (5876-W01). It transforms AFP files and resources into PDF files that you can distribute over the Internet and view with a web browser installed with the Adobe Acrobat plug-in. If the plug-in is not installed on your web browser, you can view the PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
4. AFP2PDF Plus Transform Options File
   Parameters to control settings for the AFP2PDF Plus Transform are specified in an options file. By default, the name of this file is a2pxopts.cfg. When running the transform function with the afp2pdf client command-line program, the options file must reside in the same directory as the program module.
5. Working with AFP Visual Environment Control Files
   The AFP2PDF Plus transform uses the AFP Visual Environment (AVE) program to manipulate the AFP before it is converted to PDF. AVE is a JAVA-based program that allows you to manipulate AFP files in a variety of ways.
6. Running AFP2PDF Plus in a private Azure Cloud
   Microsoft Azure provides a wide variety of virtual machines with configurable operating systems like Windows, Linux SUSE, CentOS, and configurable resources, for example: memory, CPUs, storage space, storage type HDD/SDD.