Re: Changing a spoolfile to a PF in order to FTP to a PC

[Martin Rowe <martin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 30 April 2004 22:09, Dave Odom wrote:
> I have an application vendor that insists on putting their PTF
> documentation inside their PTFs such that the only thing I can do is
> view them on the 5250 or print them.   What I need to do is move them
> from their spoolfile format to a PC .txt file, or the like, so I can
> email them to interested users.
>
> What's the best way to accomplish my task?

Hi Dave

I'm not sure about the best way, but my free WRKUSROUTQ utility lets you 
do all of that from a WRKOUTQ/WRKSPLF style display. It includes an 
option to preserve formatting (retain blank lines), like Henrik's 
CPYSPLFB utility and can use FTP or RUNRMTCMD to get the file onto the 
user's PC. Details & download from http://www.dbg400.net/usroutq.html

btw, if anyone's interested, the code for all my utilities is now also 
available via CVS at http://dbg400.homeip.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ if you 
just want to browse the code without installing anything. Member 
description lists will be added shortly <g>.

Regards, Martin
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