Re: AS/400 and PDF/File Maker PRO

[pluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>Does anyone know a solution for this:

>Need to display a PDF, residing on the AS/400, as a window with AS/400 screen.

This depends on the nature of the PDF file.  A PDF document is structurally very
different from a spooled file.  Every piece of text is "positioned" on the
screen with X and Y coordinates.  Add to that the problems of different sizes
and proportions of fonts, it's very difficult to take a PDF file and turn it
into a simple fixed-font text document (which is what you would need to display
on a regular 24x80 AS/400 screen).  I've created a utility that will convert an
AS/400 spooled file to PDF, but going in the other direction is much harder.


>Need to print the PDF and what is on the screen using ADOBE ACROBAT.

Like I said, I have a utility which will convert spooled files to PDF.  However,
combining that information with existing PDF data might be difficult.


>Need to access File Maker PRO on an NT server from the AS/400 using an order
>number as the key to access file maker pro.

Sorry, I'm no help with this question.


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Joe "Zappie" Pluta
www.zappie.net/java
"Where the AS/400 speaks Java with an RPG accent"
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