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IMPORTANT - Updating InterForm400

After updating InterForm400 please ensure you do the following: • APF3812/APFMENU • Option 70. Configuration and licences • Option 2. Configure InterForm400  Ensure you complete each screen and press ...
IMPORTANT - Patch (PTF) Support for Older Versions

Patch (PTF) support is only available for current version of InterForm400 and one year previous version.For example, if the current version is 2021.M06 then patch (PTF) support is available for 2020.M...
IMPORTANT - InterForm400 2020 Issues

When updating InterForm400 to a 2020 version please ensure you are using the latest version. If you are having issues please update to the latest release before reporting any issues. To download the l...
Stop using pre-2007 versions of InterForm400

InterForm400 grows every day. Our developers are constantly improving InterForm400 and adding new functionality. Our customers usually sees the result once a year, when we release the new year version...
Test License code PTFs.

If you are running an InterForm400 2007 version or newer, then a PTF might be required before you can use test license codes. We have created PTFs for later versions of InterForm400 which enables the ...
Tech-Tip: The good old APFEDTPRT command .

Sometimes I take things for granted. I just assume that everyone know all the good tools, that are 'hidden' in InterForm400 as a lot of commands. A few weeks ago someone asked me if we had a tool whic...
Tech-Tip: Using the InterForm400 unzip command to do a remote upgrade

When you install InterForm400 you have several options to do the upgrade: 1) You can use the java based tool, RSTLIBPC to upload and restore the APF3812NEW library. 2) You can unzip the distribute...
PTF: PDF file naming: Incorrect output for InterWord spooled file

PTF number:3973 Description:PDF file naming: Incorrect output for InterWord spooled file. Version:2010.M01-2010.M10 Library:  Symptom:Incorrect content of pdf files created by a PDF file na...
Mirrored systems: Changing license code(s)

Regarding InterForm400: A while ago InterForm changed the handling of license code(s) to make it much easier for the customers running InterForm400 on a mirrored system: InterForm added the possibilit...
PTF: IW400 + duplex: Forced front page ignored

PTF number:4134 Description:IW400 + duplex: Forced front page ignored. Version:2011.M10-2011.M13 Library:  Symptom:Forced front page ignored using InterWord 400 spooled file for input. Cau...
PTF: EscMsg: RNQ0907 during install of TTF for PDF

PTF number:4135 Description:EscMsg: RNQ0907 during install of TTF for PDF. Version:2011.M01-2011.M14 Library:  Symptom:Escape message RNQ0907 "Decimal-data error occurred" during install of...
PTF: IW: Wrong size of image using .IMG() command

PTF number:4155 Description:IW: Wrong size of image using .IMG() command. Version:2011.M01-2011.M17 Library:  Symptom:Wrong size of image using the .IMG() command in InterWord document. Ca...
PTF: Duplex: Blank page printing image on back page

PTF number:4154 Description:Duplex: Blank page printing image on back page. Version:2011.M01-2011.M17 Library:  Symptom:Blank page printed using image on back page. Cause:Macro included in...
InterForm Designer and Java Version

For all versions of InterForm400 upto and including 2011.M17 you will must use Java 6. From InterForm400 version 2012.M01 you can use Java 7.
Improving the shades in PDF

If you want the best grey shading in the PDF result in InterForm400, you should use the Ink to select a grey color (you can even create your own shades of grey) and then insert e.g. frames with full 1...
The hidden treasure of Unicode TTFs

Once in a while we have been asked for how to find other Unicode fonts – apart from the Arial Unicode font. Until now we have referenced to this site for inspiration: http://www.unicode.org/resourc...
Close Swiftview with F12

This is an oldie, but you may have missed out on it earlier on. You can use Swiftview for previewing both during design and also for displaying the merged PCL spooled files on the APF3812/APFWRKOUTQ c...
Use JRE 1.6 on 2011 and previous versions

We have had a few support cases during the last month concerning a graphical designer, which would not run. In all cases the user had installed the latest Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.7, w...
QGPL should be in the *LIBL during install/upgrade.

A couple of times a customers have contacted us because of an upgrade of InterForm400 which halted with an error. When digging into the message it was a CPF4101 stating that QPRINT was not found in...
Upgrading InterForm400 on a mirrored machine

Sometimes we are asked for how long an upgrade of InterForm400 takes and how hard it is and our usual answer is: It is straight forward, but if it is a mirrored machine you should take care to prepar...
Removing APF3812 from the system library list.

With InterForm400 there are a few things, that really should be avoided. One of them is to add the APF3812 library to the system library list. Do NOT do that – it is also just a bad to place any...
Duplex: Dynamic backpage overlay

It is possible to print duplex with InterForm400. It is also even possible to add a duplex overlay on an overlay – without spooled file data. That is hopefully know by all. But what is probably not kn...
PTF: IW/OV + selector: Barcode / text missing

PTF number:4173 Description:PTF: IW/OV + selector: Barcode / text missing Version:2011.M01-2011.M17 Library:  Symptom:Barcode or text on some pages missing using selectors and InterWord / O...
Using TTF and barcode soft fonts for specific codepages

When using a TTF (True Type Font) or a barcode soft font in InterForm400 you might have a problem where it seems, that the auto download information does not seem to be used. When you have such a s...
PTF: PDF Underline in wrong position for IW/OV docs

PTF number:4522 Description:PDF: Underline in wrong position for IW/OV docs Version:2013.M01-2013.M08 Library:  Symptom:Underline printed in wrong position using InterWord / OfficeVision do...
PTF: PDF Underline in wrong position for IW/OV docs

PTF number:4528 Description:PDF: Underline in wrong position for IW/OV docs Version:2013.M01-2013.M08 Library:  Symptom:Underline printed in wrong position using InterWord / OfficeVision do...
PTF: Enhanced ink support using IW400/OV spooled files

PTF number:4530 Description:Enhanced ink support using IW400/OV spooled files Version:2013.M01-2013.M08 Library:  Symptom:Enhanced ink support in overlays using InterWord 400 / OfficeVision...
PTF: PDF: Underline in wrong position for IW/OV docs

PTF number:4531 Description:PDF: Underline in wrong position for IW/OV docs Version:2013.M01-2013.M08 Library:  Symptom:Underline printed in wrong position using InterWord / OfficeVision do...
PTF: PDF: Conditional lines ignored in output

PTF number:4533 Description:PDF: Conditional lines ignored in output. Version:2013.M01-2013.M08 Library:  Symptom:Some conditional lines in overlay ignored in output. Cause:Logical error. ...
Tech-Tip: InterForm400 vs Host Print Transform

When you e.g. are printing a simple *SCS spooled file (without InterForm400), Host Print Transform is normally transforming the spooled file into a PCL datastream, which the attached printer understan...
Tech-Tip: True Type Fonts and how to test them

Both InterForm400 and InterFormNG are able to use TTFs (True Type Fonts). InterForm400 does not need TTFs – only if you need to print or create PDF files in a non western code page (non Latin1), or if...
PTF: EscMsg: MCH1210 sending email

PTF number:4705 Description:EscMsg: MCH1210 sending email. Version:2014.M01-2014.M06 Library:  Symptom:Escape message: MCH1210 "Receiver value too small to hold result." to pgm SNDMAIL send...
Tech-Tip: Important changes regarding Zebra ZPL output in InterForm400

As you may remember there was a change for the ZPL output in InterForm400 when we introduced the 2014 versions. With the 2014 versions the command prefixes are now fixed values for the complete ZPL da...
Tech-Tip: Tip regarding: ‘Lost connection to host’ in InterForm400

Normally the InterForm400 designer works perfectly, but you might get into a situation where suddenly the network connection to the host is lost (or perhaps the PC even has a problem). You might get u...
Tech-Tip: A PTF for the InterForm400 Designer + Tip for designer upgrade

In some of the 2014 versions of InterForm400 the designer is not updating the result window – unless you e.g. scroll it up or down. This problem can be fixed either by upgrading InterForm400 to versio...
How-to: Rollback to the previous version of InterForm400

To revert back to an old version do the following: End InterForm subsystem AUTO_FORM, MAILINTER, OSCCTL, WINPRINT if active. End any HA replication on the APF3812 library (if applicable). En...
PTF: &&IMG: Ink problem after printing JPG image

PTF number:4723 Description:&&IMG: Ink problem after printing JPG image. Version:2014.M01-2014.M12 Library:  Symptom:Unable to print on colored or blank background after printing JPG image ...
PTF: ZPL: Missing minus/hyphen chr (-) at FW level 18

PTF number:4716 Description:ZPL: Missing minus/hyphen chr (-) at FW level 18. Version:2014.M01-2014.M10 Library:  Symptom:The minus/hyphen character (-) is missing using ZPL printers at fir...
PTF: Prepare for email unable to get text version

PTF number:4835 Description:Prepare for email unable to get text version. Version:2015.M01-2015.M07 Library:  Symptom:Prepare for email unable to get text version using DBCS/unicode spooled...
PTF: Prepare for email unable to get text version

PTF number:4836 Description:Prepare for email unable to get text version. Version:2015.M01-2015.M07 Library:  Symptom:Prepare for email unable to get text version using DBCS/unicode spooled...
PTF: Email finish def: Wrong email name/adr displayed

PTF number: 4839 Description:Email finish def: Wrong email name/adr displayed. Version: 2015.M01-2015.M08 Library:   Symptom: (To) email name/addresses for email finising definitio...
PTF: IW400: Incorrect underline using tabs

PTF number: 4737 Description:IW400: Incorrect underline using tabs. Version: 2014.M01-2014.M15 Library:   Symptom: Incorrect underline using tabulators in InterWord. Cause: U...
PTF: AFC: Loop using function 'A' with restart w/seq 1

PTF number: 5002 Description:AFC: Loop using function 'A' with restart w/seq 1 Version: 2016.M01-2016.M01 Library:   Symptom: AFC job loops using function A (Change Attributes) wit...
PTF: Pointer or parameter error in IMG701.

PTF number: 5041 Description:Pointer or parameter error in IMG701. Version: 2016.M01-2016.M05 Library:   Symptom: Pointer or parameter error in IMG701. Cause: The 14th parame...
PTF: Left offset problem with remaps in ? lines

PTF number: 5043 Description:Left offset problem with remaps in ? lines. Version: 2016.M01-2016.M05 Library:   Symptom: Left edge value in remap window lines was ignored in conditi...
InterForm400 and V7R4

Customers are asking about InterForm400/InterExcel400 and upgrade to OS400 version V7R4, so the question is what to consider before an upgrade? A potential problem with OS400 V7R4 is, that Java 1.6...
How to export resources from InterForm400

The developers of InterForm400 have provided the following video to assist with exporting resources:

How to save/export a spooled file in InterForm400

The developers of InterForm400 have provided the following video to assist with saving/exporting spooled files:

Troubleshooting problems using SwiftView

Troubleshooting problems using SwiftView: If you receive an error when starting up SwiftView (using e.g. F14), you might get some help here.   When using the full iSeries Access the System i name used...
Office365/Outlook email sending error I/415

On the 5-Oct-2021 Microsoft issued the following information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/prepare-tls-1.2-in-office-365?view=o365-worldwide If you are having error I/415 ...
InterForm400 Usage Statistics

To view your InterForm400 usage statistics, you have two methods:            APF3812/APFMENU Opt 12. Service functions Opt 10. Display resource statistics Find the *OVERLAY entries using Opt 5