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AFP Format (AFP/PTOCA/MODCA/IM1)

AFP (Advanced Function Presentation) 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 multipage files.
- LEADTOOLS supports functions that let you set the DPI for the opened image file. Refer to the PTK options functions.
- This format is supported by IBM plug in.
IM1 (AFP Image Objects)
- IM Image Object is a migration form of the image object that is 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 multipage 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.

File constants associated with this file format are:

Constant	Read Support	Write Support	Description
`FILE_AFP`	24 BPP	See note	[252] AFP, This format is part of IBM's document imaging system.
`FILE_AFP_IM1`	1 BPP	See note	[340] IM1, uncompressed AFP.

Required DLLs and Libraries

Note: Currently, for AFP/MODCA LEADTOOLS does not save AFP documents, but these documents can be saved to IOCA. AFP/MODCA files can be converted to various document file formats types, such as PDF or DOCX using LEADTOOLS Document Writer DLLs.

LEADTOOLS supports writing/saving using LEADTOOLS Document Writers. For additional support details, refer to the following: