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RE: Printing a pdf document from ile/cl

Thank you for your response

When the Invoice is created, the path data and page # is stored.

We use a product called MRC, of which creating pdf's is one of it's
abilities.

The reason for re-printing would be that the customer says ....
.... we didn't get it in the mail, e-mail, or fax ... could you re-send it.
.... at this time we do not store the means to totally re-create that
.... particular invoice after a given length of time.

So, this would not happen very often, but would be quite useful.
... if I don't find a relatively easy solution, that is fine
..... it was just a shot in the dark.

Thanks

Terry Nonamaker

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On Behalf Of daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 6:58 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Printing a pdf document from ile/cl





What is the source of your invoice data and what was used to create the PDF
in the first place?  Would it be any easier to print it either while you're
generating the PDF or provide a mechanism to regenerate a spool file using
the same methodology that was used to create the PDF?  How many will need
to be printed and how often will this happen?  Since you mentioned the page
range how will it be known which pages to print?

On the surface this sounds like an occasional job for someone at a PC.  If
they are making the selection from a green screen maybe you could submit a
remote command to their PC to launch Acrobat with the IFS file?


Dave Parnin
Nishikawa Standard Company
Topeka, IN  46571
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




 

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Yes, that would be the easier way, and we already do that.

In this case the document is an Invoice that is archived down through
several directories/folders and is findable but takes time.

Programmatically, I know where it is. I just want to select it and do it.
... No confusion for the user. Just open and print.

Thanks

Terry Nonamaker

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Eric A. Wolf
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 4:11 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Printing a pdf document from ile/cl

If the data is staying in a folder in the IFS and the naming convention was
such that it would describe what document it was, couldn't you use a shared
folder so the user's could just click on the .pdf document to open it up?
Then you could just print it from Adobe...

Did I over simplify this?  I am already doing this with .CSV's that I am
creating and I think it should work for .PDF's.

Eric A. Wolf


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To: "'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 3:48 PM
Subject: RE: Printing a pdf document from ile/cl


> Thanks for the response, but I may have miss-stated my objective
>
> The document I want to print has already been created as a pdf and put
into
> the ifs. We already have a tool to put it there.
>
> What I would like to do is re-print that pdf, possibly weeks later, but
get
> my selection data from a program and then pass the proper info to print
it
> through acrobat or distiller. Or may there is a way to just point it to
the
> printer it needs to go to, which would be an windows type printer.
>
> Sorry if I confused the issue.
>
> Terry Nonamaker
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jim Franz
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 3:21 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: Printing a pdf document from ile/cl
>
> it's not easy... there are several tools on the market (very reasonable
> price)
> if you have the software product Infoprint Server from ibm you have the
> commands.
> I use a utility from Gumbo Software. Brad Stone's tool site has another.
> If you want to get into java from ile there is some stuff out there.
> Be sure you match what kind of spool file with the tools. It makes a huge
> difference
> if printing *afpds spool files, *ipds spool files, *scs (standard default
> spool file).
> jim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry Nonamaker" <TNonamaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Printing a pdf document from ile/cl
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> Is there a way to print an existing pdf document from the ifs using ile
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> cl program?
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> If so, what commands do you use to do that?
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> . Invoking acrobat to print or something like that?
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> . could I pass it a page range?
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> This may be very easy, but I can't seem to find anything that actually
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