AFP Format (AFP/PTOCA/IM1)

The AFP format is part of IBM's document imaging system. It is a raster format, created to add enhanced formatting and indexing capabilities to documents for print applications in finance, retail, insurance and other industries. LEAD provides support for the user to open MODCA/PTOCA or AFP/PTOCA documents.

• AFP/PTOCA

• LEAD provides support for the user to open MODCA/PTOCA or AFP/PTOCA documents.

• This file format does not support stamps or Lossless JPEG compression, but it does support multi-page files.

• LEADTOOLS supports functions that let you set the DPI for the opened image file. Please refer to the PTK Options functions.

• IM1 (AFP Image Objects)

• IM Image Object is a migration form of the image object that supported in AFP environments. IM1 image object is resolution-dependent, bi-level, and cannot be compressed or scaled.

• This file format does not support stamps, Lossless JPEG compression, or multi-page files.

• This file format is supported by the AFP Viewer

• This file format supports gray scale sub-format.

The default extension used by this format is: AFP.

This file format does not support stamps or Lossless JPEG compression, but it does support multi-page files.

LEADTOOLS supports functions that let you set the DPI for the opened image file. Please refer to the PTK Options functions.

File constants associated with this file format are:

Required DLL: LFAFP for AFP/PTOCA, LFAFP and LFRAW for IM1.For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.

Currently, for AFP/PTOCA LEAD does not save AFP files, but these files can be saved to IOCA.

Related Formats: FAX - Raw Fax Format, ICA - Image Object Content Architecture (IOCA/MODCA), PTK - PTOCA Format, TIFF - Tagged Image File Format / CCITT.