Resource Management Utility The images used by the Overlay Utility and the Print Format Utility (or any AFP application) are stored as page segments . These images are normally scanned into a client workstation. The Resource Management Utility is an interactive tool to: v Convert an image to page segment. v Convert a page segment to a physical file. v Convert an overlay object to a physical file. v Resize and rotate images as they are being created. It also maintains AFP resource objects, such as page segments or overlay objects. You can: v Create a page segment from a physical file member. v Create a page segment from a PC document. v Convert a page segment or an overlay to a physical file member. (You can then transfer these AFP resource objects to other systems such as the System/370.) v Copy, delete, rename, and print an overlay object, or display and change the description of an overlay object. v Copy, delete, rename, and print a page segment, or display and change the description of an page segment. *---------------* | | | Database File | | | *-------*-------* | *----------------------+-------------------------* | | | V V V *-----------* *-----------* *-----------* | Print | | Print | | Print | | Operation | | Operation | | Operation | *-----*-----* *-----*-----* *-----*-----* | | | |<-*PFD definition 1 |<-*PFD definition 2 |<-*PFD definition 3 | | | Output 1 Output 2 Output 3 V V V *---------------------* *--------------------* *---------------------------* | List of products || Product descriptions || Delivery labels | |*------------*-----* | | | | *----------* *----------* | ||Product Name|Price| | Product name: | | Color TV||AMRadio | | |*------------+-----* | | ---------------- | | | 300 | | 20 | | || Color TV | 300| | Color TV || ||| | | ||| || | | AM Radio 20| | | ---------------- | | | || Video | 500| | Price : $300. | *----------* *----------* | : : | | | Country : U.S.A. | || | | | Stock : xxxxx | | Video | |CD Player | | | : : | | | 500 | | 100 | | | | ||| ||: :: :| || | | | | | *----------* *----------* | |*------------*-----* | | | *---------------------* *--------------------* *---------------------------* 12 AFP Utilities for iSeries: User’s Guide