A look at Formtastic
Extract spooled data from your IBM i
Formtastic
Transform spool files into modern, branded documents without coding
IBM i spool files play a vital role in your document output process, but alone they are plain and time consuming to manipulate and distribute. Many companies simply print their spool files on expensive pre-printed forms, which can cost thousands in paper, printer supplies and distribution time. This also offers no flexibility for the company to automatically edit or customize documents.
Automatic IBM i Spool File Beautification and Distribution
Formtastic is an easy-to-use document automation solution that enables you to custom design forms, checks, and bar code labels from a desktop-based interface designer. From there, Formtastic extracts spooled data from your IBM i and inserts it into a new business form. You can then automatically fax, email, print or store the newly formatted electronic document within a network.
What You Can Do With Formtastic
Formatter
Clean and condense spool
Formatter is a Formastic add-on module that allows you to optimize spool by removing blank lines. It concatenates and repositions text fields and merges data from DB2 files, all without requiring coding.
Distribution
Deliver documents automatically
Use Email Gateway directly from Formtastic or complementary products QuadraDocV (Virtual enterprise FoIP solution) or Nexus Web Portal to provide secure web access from any device.
Predesigned Overlays
FormPacks integrates with ERPs
Use pre-designed and pre-mapped overlays for major systems, including: Forms: PeopleSoft, Infor, JD Edwards, etc.; Checks: MICR and ACH Deposits; Labels: Shipping, inventory, barcodes and more.
Beautiful out of the box templates
How Formtastics works
How Formtastic can help you:
Create Professional Forms
Transforms traditional pre-printed documents into customized and organized forms
Extract Spool File Data
Extracts spool file data from your IBM i and remaps it into a newly created digital document
Use Pre-designed Overlays
Pre-designed and pre-mapped overlays for major applications give you immediate results
Improve Integration
Integrates with any untethered signature capture device, including iPad and iPhone
Improve Distribution
Pre-sorts using designated criteria, making documents easier to review and distribute
Provide Web Access
Enables secure web access to documents from any device via Nexus Portal
Formtastic key technical features:
- Automatically manages document changes between connected clients and the IBM i
- Pre-sorts spool files using designated criteria, making documents easier to review and distribute
- Requires no coding or development
- Integrates data from data files and further conditions, condenses and removes blank lines and pages using Formatter module
- Conditionally modifies objects, images, layouts and distribution based on spool file data
- Formtastic 10 Design Client supports all versions of Windows supported by Microsoft, including Windows 7, 8 and 10
Some of our Formtastic clients
Mouse over each client name to see a case study showing how the client used Formtastic.
