AFP Image Conversion and Viewers

Snowbound Software supports conversion and viewing for IBM’s Image Plus formats including AFP and other MO:DCA formats.  AFP files are most commonly used by government agencies, banking, finance and insurance companies to archive standard forms and other records.

AFP Viewing, Conversion, and Text Extraction

• Our RasterMaster Imaging SDK allows you to build viewing, conversion and over 140 other expert imaging functions securely into your custom applications to support AFP files. One key feature is the ability to extract text from AFP files and convert them to fully-searchable PDFs. This capability significantly streamlines database population efforts and virtually eliminates the potential of data entry errors.

• Our powerful VirtualViewer document and image web viewer enables you to view, convert, manipulate, annotate, and print AFP files through a standard Web browser. Because VirtualViewer is developed from our robust Java imaging SDK, it supports all of the file formats offered in our Java library. With VirtualViewer you have the ability to view multiple document and image formats, including AFP, through a universal viewer.

• SnowBatch, our batch conversion application, provides you the capability to perform rapid batch conversion right from your desktop or server.  The easy-to-use interface will enable you to quickly convert all your AFP files to formats suitable for viewing or storage.

Customize AFP Fonts For Optimal Display

• All of our solutions support Font Maps for AFP* allowing users to modify properties of their fonts including font type, point size, color, and style.  Font maps enable companies to standardize how AFP documents display by overriding the internal font objects with custom fonts and styles.  Fonts maps , created as simple ASCII files, ensure that documents display correctly and allow administrators to control the look of documents.

• Tech Tip: Utilizing AFP Font Maps To Customize Font Display

• Learn more about AFP to PDF conversion
• Jefferson Regional Case Study: A document and image viewing solution for IBM MO:DCA (AFP) documents helped Jefferson Regional Medical Center enhance productivity, saving an estimated $1 million by extending the life of the EMR system

What is AFP?

Generated by IBM's ImagePlus document management systems, AFP documents are complex document types belonging to IBM's MO:DCA document family, which also includes IOCA, MMR and PTOCA.

* Snowbound only supports IBM-supplied fonts. Any custom font type may not display properly.

Important: As we all know document and image specifications are intentionally loosely written and rarely updated. As a result many applications create documents “incorrectly” and they do not adhere to the latest specifications.

In order to maintain the highest ethical standards and help provide customers with the most positive user experience, Snowbound Software recommends that, as part of your purchase process, you test your own sample documents against our products.  Snowbound, unlike most competitors, develops its own technology. If in the rare case you come across a problem or non-conforming document or image, we can often fix it.