Re: Create PDF file with lines on AS/400

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Stone, Joel wrote:

> I am attempting to create a price list with the typical item#, description,
> price, etc.
>
> I want to place horizontal and vertical grid lines on it to make it easier
> to read.
>
> The file will be created in RPG or COBOL, output to a physical file or spool
> file.
>
> The end result must be a PDF file, which will be emailed to a printer.  The
> PDF file must contain the horizontal and verticle grid lines.

Well you could have your program create the PDF itself.  It is not too
hard.  You can even look at a program I wrote as part of the tn5250
project to see how to create a PDF.  Here's a link to view the source
online:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/tn5250/tn5250/src/

click on the scs2pdf.c link and then click on the most recent revision in
the MAIN branch.  The concepts should be clear even if you don't know C
(though if you've never used RPG IV either it may be a little tricky).

Then look at the PDF reference available at adobe.com and put the grid
lines on the PDF as you require.

Note that the code linked above is licensed under the Lesser GNU Public
License, so if you use the code and distribute it you must also make
available your code.

James Rich
james@eaerich.com