SI40341 - AFP Provide more generic field support for PDF map object

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APAR Error Description / Circumvention

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Customer requests support for generic values in the User data
and the Form type fields that can be specified as filtering
information in a PDF map object entry.

CORRECTION FOR APAR SE43996 :
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Generic support for the User data and Form type fields that are
specified in a PDF map entry is now provided.

CIRCUMVENTION FOR APAR SE43996 :
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