You may need to create a duplicate of your statement PRTF...
- Rename the formats in you pgm and write the formats at the same time...
That way you have 1 spool that goes to PDF and the other to an OUTQ....
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Subject: RE: OVRPRTF WSCST(*PDF)
Rob,
But if I override it to go to printer P2 AND override it to HOLD(*YES), I
would expect it to remain HELD until the user did something with it.
Yes, we have a good reason for wanting to control when a PDF is created and
when it is not. At the end of the month when we run ALL customer
statements, they want to create a PDF for the mailing company we use. The
upload to them is automated and there are 55 separate PDF files (so we don't
want to do it with ACS).
Other times, we just want to run a statement.
Thx,
Greg
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Subject: RE: OVRPRTF WSCST(*PDF)
Greg,
Think of it this way.
Let's say your printout used to go to printer P1. Then you would move it to
printer P2.
Then you changed it and added OVRPRTF to send it to P2. Would you ask why
it doesn't remain on P1? No.
However, in an effort to understand what you are asking, I am guessing that
there is some reason they want it on a printer. Is there? Do they want a
hard copy in addition to the pdf? Or are they just in the habit of looking
at spool files instead of the pdf file?
Rob Berendt
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For the past hundred years, we've had a CL program that created a PDF when a
user printed a customer statement. We used a writer configured to do this
and populated USRDFNDTA(MAILTAG(/directory/statement.pdf)).
The "old" method has been a PITA over the years because of the print writer.
So I've been slowly moving everything to use OVRPRTF instead.
My problem is that previously, the spooled file would remain until the user
assigned it to a printer (either a real printer or my IFSPDF writer).
Since I'm now using OVRPRTF, it creates the PDF immediately. I tried using
HOLD(*YES), but It seems OVRPRTF WSCST(*PDF) doesn't honor HOLD(*YES)?
This is my current CL:
OVRPRTF FILE(STMT) DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) PAGESIZE(66 105) +
FRONTMGN(0 0) HOLD(*YES) TOSTMF(&STMF) WSCST(*PDF)
Where &STMF = path & filename
Suggestions appreciated.
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