AFP Visual Environment User's Guide

In this section:

1. Introduction
2. Overview
   AFP Visual Environment lets you enhance AFP files without changing the applications that create the AFP files. For example, you can use AFP Visual Environment to index AFP files and to add bar codes in AFP files. The AFP files that you enhance must contain data in Mixed Object Document Content Architecture for Presentation (MO:DCA-P) format.
3. Installing AFP Visual Environment using the installer
   The AFP Visual Environment can now be installed using an executable jar file AVEInstaller_X.X.jar.
4. Installing a Permanent License
   To use AFP Visual Environment, you must install a permanent license on the computer where the product is installed. The permanent license is valid only on this computer.
5. Revoking the License Key
   The Self-service License Key Revoke System (SSR) is designed to permit Ricoh customers a method to move license keys between systems and recover from system failures. If you must revoke more than 2 keys from the same EID, contact your local Ricoh Support team for assistance.
6. Working with sample AFP files
   You can use AFP Visual Environment to enhance a sample AFP file.
7. Indexing AFP files
   AFP Indexer can create page groups, define supplemental pages, and create indexes in AFP files so that the information can be used to navigate to indexed pages in the file and exclude non-customer information from mailpieces.
8. Editing AFP files
   AFP Editor can create barcodes and text, hide areas, and mask text in AFP files. In addition, AFP Editor can replace existing POSTNET barcodes with Intelligent Mail barcodes (IMBs). If you want AFP Editor to use sequential serial numbers in IMBs, you must create an IMB serial number file.
9. Adding content to white space in AFP files
   Whitespace Manager can find areas of available white space in AFP files and then fill the white space with content, such as images or text.
10. Enhancing production AFP files
    After you enhance a sample AFP file, run an AFP Visual Environment command to enhance production AFP files in the same way.
11. AFP Visual Environment commands
    AFP Visual Environment commands apply the definitions in an AFP Visual Environment control file to production AFP files. These commands can run on IBM AIX, IBM z/OS, and Microsoft Windows systems.
12. Configuration files
    AFP Visual Environment configuration files let you customize font-mapping and specify the starting serial number for Intelligent Mail bar codes (IMBs).
13. Accessibility
    Accessibility features help users who have a physical disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, use information technology products successfully.