Re: AS/400 print to PC for almost free

Al,

Below is a link to one of the free utilities Phil mentions for creating 
the PDF on the AS/400. Worked well for me. It also has other output 
formats such as html, but I only used the pdf option. I used it to 
convert spooled files (up to roughly 400 pages and up to 198 columns 
wide) into a web-enabled (internal network only) folder and emailed the 
link to the user. Free solution other than my development time.

Jeff

CVTSPLSTMF (Convert Spooled File to Stream File) 
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> date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:31:41 -0400
> from: ssc1478@xxxxxxx
> subject: RE: AS/400 print to PC for almost free
> 
> > date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:54:49 -0500
> > from: Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > subject: AS/400 print to PC for almost free
> 
>  <snip>
> >
> > I plan to look into Adobe Acrobat PDF onto my home PC to create the 
> AS/400
> > reports, or perhaps get some equivalent results shareware onto my 
> home
> > PC.  My home PC is Windows 98 which now talks to the work 400 via 
VPN 
> over
> > what is laughingly called "high speed" Internet connection.
> >
> 
> I  would look into creating the PDF on the as400.  There are free pdf 
> creating pgms available (in RPG) - probably find it in the archives 
or 
> google.  The way they work is take a spool file and copy it as a 
> constant into PDF.
> 
> Then either e-mail it or put it on the ifs or other network drive and 
> let the users have access to that directory.
> 
> my .02
> 
> Phil
>