afpSOFT's PPFA Compiler is a program to create or modify PPFA source texts in a convenient way to generate formdefs and pagedefs needed in AFP printing to format raw print data.

You can work on multiple texts simulteanously, navigate in large files very comfortably or use print data samples to aid in determining field attributes, repeat factors etc. The visual appearance of the text can be controlled by selecting amongst fonts, smart indentation or use of syntax highlighting.

AFP Structured Field Viewer provides a hierarchically structured overview of an AFP file's contents together with a hexadecimal view organized so that structured fields are separated one from another for easy comprehension.

It gives a detailed description of a structured field selected in the contents pane based on the values in that structured field. Numerous navigation facilities let you examine the AFP file of interest in a quick and comfortable manner. Furthermore the hex image and the description can be saved as files or printed for future reference.

AFP Font Converter converts an AFP font into Adobe's Type1 or/and Microsoft's TrueType Format.

Then you can use your AFP font in MS Windows application instead of using font substitution tables. Additionally you can display an AFP font character set, view single AFP characters as well as install, deinstall, view and print converted fonts.

AFP Forms Converter converts an AFP graphic component like page segment and overlays into e.g. Jpeg's.

Then you can use your AFP component in MS Windows applications for true WISIWYG.

AFP Resource Dispatcher determines which resources are needed, whether they exist in your current print environment and if they have the correct resolution.

If resources are not present they can be downloaded in several ways from host to complete the analysis of the print job. Eventually you can upload all resources comprising a complete print job to the host and start the print process knowing that all you need resides in the printing environment.

The PageDef Explorer tool is a program to display binary AFP pagedef resources and convert into PPFA text.

The PageDef Explorer lets you view, print and search an AFP page definition in a convenient readable form. You can tranform pagedef's into PPFA for futher processing.

The FormDef Explorer tool is a program to display binary AFP formdef resources and convert into PPFA text.

The FormDef Explorer lets you view, print and search an AFP form definition in a convenient readable form. You can tranform formdef's into PPFA for futher processing.

The PageDef Converter tool is a program to transfom 240 dpi pagedef resources into 300 dpi pagedefs.

The multifile conversion can process a large number of pagedefs very fast.

The FormDef Converter tool is a program to transfom 240 dpi formdef resources into 300 dpi formdefs.

The multifile conversion can process a large number of formdefs very fast.

Currently MIGRATE can convert CAT's (Character Arrangement Tables) into AFP code pages and MXM's (Matrix Modules) into AFP font character sets with 240 dpi.

Furthermore, there is a convenient way to create coded fonts, i.e. pairs of code page and font character set names. Coded fonts resp. equivalent resources do not exist in the Model2 world, but are needed in an AFP environment to specify a font for printing.