RE: Copying PDF files generated on the 400 to Linux

one way not to have to worry about the code page is to create a file with the
good code page first and then specify replace on your cpytostmf.  It will
retain the code page.

Jerry

Quoting Allen <rallen@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> We can specify the code page as well but after trying
> several I decided to ask because I do not have much
> experience in the Linux environment and thought maybe
> someone had already been through this. 
> 
> Can you software write PDF file directly to a Linux box?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brad
> Stone
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 9:30 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Copying PDF files generated on the 400 to Linux
> 
> What are you using to create the PDF files?  I know some
> software is more "picky" about exact PDF specs than others,
> and one wrong byte and they won't like them.
> 
> I know on my software that creates PDFs you have the option
> of selecting the code page to use (defaults to 819).
> 
> Brad
> www.bvstools.com
> 
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:58:35 -0400
>  "Allen" <rallen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > We have been converting our reports to PDF on the AS/400
> > and
> > placing them either in the IFS or onto a NT file server
> > 
> > using CPYTOSTMF.
> > 
> > Everything works great and the users love it.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Now we need to place some PDF files onto a Linux box. 
> > 
> > We have mounted a drive and all that stuff and we have
> > been
> > able to successfully place the PDF files on a Linux Box.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > When we open these files (on the Linux box) using Windows
> > explorer they open fine.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Problem:
> > 
> > When we try to open these files (on the Linux box) from a
> > web browser we get an adobe error "File damaged cannot be
> > opened.."
> > 
> > If we create the files in the IFS and copy them to the
> > Linux
> > box they open fine from the Web Browser.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I was told it could be the code page (in the IFS they are
> > created as code page 1252 (as is the directory), 
> > 
> > on the Linux Box they are created with Code Page 437 (as
> > is
> > the directory).
> > 
> > I am not sure why they would open in Windows Explorer if
> > the
> > problem was the code page. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Does anyone have any suggestions of where I should look
> > for
> > a solution?
> > 
> > Does anyone know how I can force the directory and files
> > to
> > be created with Code Page 1252?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Someone else says it could be an authority issue when a
> > file
> > is placed on the Linux there are more authorities then on
> > the iSeries
> > 
> > So they may not have the correct authorities. And when
> > the
> > files are copied from the IFS to the Linux (using Windows
> > Explorer) the 
> > 
> > Authorities are set correctly by Windows?????
> > 
> >  If this is the case does anyone know how I can create
> > them
> > with plenty of authority 
> > 
> > (these are public documents)
> > 
> > Thanks all
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Allen  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
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> BVS.Tools
> www.bvstools.com
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