Re: Embed .pdf in spool file?

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, the best solution has been removed by IBM, cause
this is an excellent problem that OV/400 can do while
standing on it's head....(I have done what you want using OV/400).

There's a number of folks that have developed some tools
that go from spool to pdf, so it makes sense that somebody
has a program that will print a pdf stored on the 400....

Root around in the archives of this list and I believe you
will find a lot of references to PDF file conversion...

I assume you have also looked at News/400 and Midrange Magazine ???



Jim.Nelson@RCIS-NET.COM wrote:
> 
> Here's the issue:
> 
> An insurance company, we generate policy declaration pages when an insured
> comes on board, or when they change coverage.  Each policy may have several
> policy 'provisions' to explain the rules of the policy.
> 
> Our current process is for somebody to look at the Dec, grab the appropriate
> provisions from a filing cabinet and place them in an envelope to send out.
> When we get low on a particular policy provision we print more (stored in a
> .pdf) or make copies.
> 
> Would like to automatically print the provisions at the same time the Dec is
> printed (nightly batch run).  As stated, the provisions are stored in .pdf
> format (created in Word).
> 
> Is there a way to upload the .pdf to the 400 and print it within an RPG
> program?  The only solution we've found so far is to convert the file to a
> forms generation software (Quark, etc), create an overlay and upload it.
> Would rather not go through this process for the 50 or so forms required,
> and would really rather not try and keep them all updated.
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