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Re: RE: Printing a pdf document from ile/cl

Hi Terry

If you have version 5 or above of Acrobat Reader installed on the PC then you 
can use STRPCO/STRPCCMD or RUNRMTCMD to achieve what you want.

You need to call the ACRORD32.EXE passing it input switches /p and /h followed 
by the qualified name of the document to be printed.  For example:

     C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe /p /h 
X:\ifspath\document.pdf

You may find it easier to encapsulate this into a *.BAT file such as:

     @ECHO OFF
     SET ACROCMD="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" /p /h
     SET PDFFILE="C:\Documents and Settings\masonj02\My 
Documents\freelancingguide.pdf"
     %ACROCMD% "%PDFFILE%"

You would need to ensure that either your IFS is mapped to a network drive for 
the users PC, or you qualify the full server path to the IFS document.

Hope that helps

Best regards

Jonathan
www.astradyne-uk.com


-----Original message-----
From: "Terry Nonamaker" TNonamaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:00:48 +0100
To: "'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'" rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 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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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry Nonamaker" <TNonamaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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>
> > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 5:45 PM
> > 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?
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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