There are no KeyesOverlay API's. After creating a map member, for a document, you will code this member name in the Front Side Overlay parameter of a spooled file. When the spooled file is processed by our other products, KeyesOverlay will create the PDF.

The software can be easily downloaded from the KeyesOverlay Downloads section and installed on any IBM i (i5, iSeries, AS/400) computer in its own library.

Hardware

Any model IBM i (i5, iSeries, AS/400 (RISC only)) Computer

PC with 256Mb minimum memory for development

Software

OS/400 Version 4 Rel 4 or higher

Java J2SE v1.5.0 JRE or higher for development on PC

Licensed copy of KeyesArchive or KeyesPDF or KeyesMail

07/16/2020 - Compatibility upgrade for V7R1

Upgrade for compatibility with new operating system version.

01/15/2019 - Update Windows 10, 64-bit driver

The KeyesOverlay ImageMaker print driver has been enhanced to include 64-bit Windows 10.

10/07/2016 - Allow Spooled Files to be located on iASP

Spooled Files can now be located on an Independent ASP.  Previously, they had to be located within the System ASP in order to be processed by KeyesOverlay.

06/03/2016 - Added JPEG images

Images included on a page can now be either TIFF or JPEG images.

08/26/2015 - Added Windows 10 driver

The KeyesOverlay.ImageMaker print driver has been enhanced to include Windows 10.

10/07/2014 - Add extended Spooled File Identification Parameters

Additional parameters to isolate spooled files for *ANY Job System Name and *LAST Creation Date have been added to the system.  This should prevent duplicate Spooled File error messages when old spooled files are kept on a system.

03/24/2014 - Add Hidden Fields (in Interactive PDF's)

You can add Hidden Fields to Interactive PDF Forms to pass back data not shown on the page. This is useful for sending a Forms Name or other information that is important to process the submitted PDF Form data.

03/13/2014 - Add Digital Signatures and Submit Button

You can add Digital Signatures to your Interactive PDF Forms. You can also add a Submit Button. The user fills out the PDF Form then presses the Submit Button to send the data to an Interactive PDF Server. Please note that the kLink Server can be used to collect the submitted PDF Form data.

03/04/2014 - Add Interactive Fields

You can add Interactive Text or Checkbox fields to a PDF. A PDF with Interactive fields can be filled out by a customer and sent back to you. You can prefill some of the Interactive fields from information that you already know about a customer. The customer makes any needed changes and e-mails or uploads the Form back to you for processing.

10/25/2013 - Add QR Codes and Micro QR Codes

You can now ask for QR Codes to be created in your PDF documents. The system will automatically select the smallest size that will fit the desired data.

08/09/2012 - Allow Map Commands in Spooled File

Map Commands can now be included in your Spooled Files. This feature gives you the capability to change the Map Member used for each page of a spooled file.

04/05/2012 - Allow different pages to be transferred to Mapping Tool

Sometimes the first spooled file page is not the one that you want to generate an overlay for. The desired page number may now be specified to be transferred to the IFS for the mapping process.

09/27/2011 - Add Undo and Redo functions to Mapping Tool

Up to 100 of the last changes can be undone, using the new Undo function. If you undo too much, the Redo function can put the changes back.

09/14/2011 - Add Locate Object and Move Object functions to Mapping Tool

You can use the Right Mouse button to assist you in finding and manipulating objects in the Mapping Tool. Simply right click on the object and select one of the available functions. The functions are Locate Object, Move Object, Move Horizontal, or Move Vertical.

08/08/2011 - Moved all Page Dimensions to Page Header

The Page Dimensions, including the Margins and Spooled file size, have been moved to the Page Header tab. The Page Dimensions are used by the Mapping Tool to automatically paint the spooled file data to the page.

07/25/2011 - Add drawings and headings to Mapping Tool

The Mapping Tool will now allow you to draw your forms overlay directly on the page, while viewing the complete document. You are able to draw lines and boxes, using a mouse, around the spooled file sample data - to form your overlay. Boxes can be filled with any color and can have square or rounded corners. Headings are added and sized also using the mouse.

This capability will allow you to create an overlay directly within the Mapping Tool, rather than importing an image from other sources, if you prefer. Drawing around existing printer data will allow the positioning of the lines and boxes to be easier and more precise.

01/12/2011 - Add OCR-A Extended Font

The OCR-A font can be used to print characters on a page that is intended to be read by Optical Character Recognition equipment. This font can be used to print check numbers and account numbers that a bank will accept on checks.

01/03/2011 - Allow Image Commands in Spooled Files

Image Commands can now be included in your Spooled Files. This feature gives you the capability to place images in your documents. Any TIFF image, including pictures, that you have stored in the IFS can be printed on the page.

You can place Image Commands anywhere you wish in your spooled file pages. When KeyesOverlay converts the spooled file to a PDF document, the images will appear on the page where you printed the commands.

08/11/2010 - Enhancements to Mapping Tool

Enhancements have been added to the Mapping Tool. These enhancements will make it easier and faster to generate your documents:

1) When exporting new fields to your document, they will be placed on the page where they fall in the spooled file. This makes it faster and easier to add and reposition a new field.

2) When you use the Map All Rows tool. Fields are all fixed in position and attributes on the page, rather than being relative to the previous field. This makes changing individual fields much easier, as those changes will not affect other fields below the one that you are working on.

3) New tools called Anchor and UnAnchor have been added to the tool bar. These tools can be used to either Anchor fields in place, or to UnAnchor fields. When you UnAnchor a field, it becomes relative to the field above it. This makes it quite easy to move groups of fields or change the attributes of a group of fields.

4) Multiple fields can be selected for Copying, Moving, Deleting, Anchoring, or UnAnchoring. This makes it fast and easy to make changes to multiple fields, at one time.

12/11/2009 - Windows 7 Drivers added

KeyesOverlay ImageMaker Print Driver has been updated to work with Windows 7.

07/29/2008 - Add Password Encryption for PDF's

You may supply user and/or owner passwords, if you want to encrypt the PDF documents that KeyesOverlay creates. The passwords can be up to 32 characters long, each. Users will be limited to opening and possibly printing and annotating the PDF's. Otherwise, only an owner will be able to change a PDF.

02/05/2008 - Duplex Printing

A new type of image has been added to KeyesOverlay, that is used for Duplex printing. If you define a Duplex image in the Map file, that image will be sent to the PDF document after every spooled file page. It is intended to be used with Duplex printing, to supply the back-side image.

01/17/2008 - Auto Mapping

KeyesOverlay's Mapping Tool has been extensively enhanced so that it will now automatically map your spooled file to the page, with optional overlays or images. It does this for any of the 3 processing modes. All you have to do now is to provide the page dimensions, margins, and spooled file size. The system will automatically generate the appropriate code to map your spooled file to the page.

This makes mapping spooled files very quick and easy. You are then welcome to customize parts of the mapped spooled file to make important information stand out.

10/09/2007 - IBM i 6.1 Compatible

Compiled all programs to be IBM i 6.1 compatible.

04/25/2007 - Vista ready

KeyesOverlay's print driver (ImageMaker) has been updated to support Vista.

04/06/2007 - Added Barcodes

The ability to produce barcodes within your PDF documents has been added to the system. Different types of barcodes can be produced, depending on your requirements. The list of types includes: Code 39, Code 128, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-13, EAN-8, ISBN, ISSN, JAN, Bookland, and Supplementals.

01/15/2007 - Added MICR font

The MICR font can now be included in your map file, to make documents such as Checks.

07/24/2006 - Added Full Page processing mode

A new method of defining a Map has been added. The new method will make it much easier to map an image to a full page of spooled file text, without having to map individual fields or lines. Using the new Full Page processing mode, a single definition line, will map the entire spooled file to the page with the desired font and font attributes.

Added Before and After attachments

Two new types of images were added to the Mapping process. "Before" images will appear on a page added just before the first page of each document in the PDF. "After" images will appear on a page added after the last page of your documents. These new image types make it easy to add things like Terms and Conditions pages to your documents.

02/10/2006 - Added Logic processing

The system now includes the capability to define Logic selection when mapping spooled files to a PDF. Image Logic records give you a method of selecting when or what images are placed on each page that is mapped. Field Logic records give you a method of selecting what type of text will be mapped for each line of a spooled file.

Added Line Mode Processing

With the new Field Logic capability you can now define a different type of spooled file mapping that we call Line Mode. Line Mode processing allows you to map free form reports to a PDF, such as Sales Reports or G/L Trial Balances, with different attributes assigned to the different types of lines that are in the report. For example, Headings or Totals can be included on the page with different fonts or colors.

Added Bookmark capability

The new Field Logic and Line Mode processing capability will also give you the ability to automatically create Bookmarks in the PDF to aid the user in navigating the different sections of a report. 2 levels of Bookmarks are available.

08/31/2005 - Add DBCS Capability for Spooled Files

Spooled files that have been created with "Open DBCS" (Double Byte Character Set) fields can now be processed with an Overlay. However, any bracketed DBCS fields that exist in the data stream should not be mapped to the document. They will not be converted to the appropriate graphics characters.