RE: Best document formatting language

On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 22:09 +0200, Simonse, Arco (CMK) wrote:

> 
> Ok, it might be harder than a simple spoolfile, but is it much harder to
> learn than AFP ?
I suspect the levels of effort are similar, but I don't know AFP so I
can't say.  There are two books that I'm aware of and have used.
PostScript by Example, and the Adobe PostScript Language Reference (The
so-called 'Red Book').

> And is it possible to convert PS _on the iSeries_ to another format?
> ps2pdf in PASE ?
I suppose so. I would love to have iseries ps2pdf, but I haven't pursued
it.  I can't seem to figure out what PASE is and how to use it, though I
haven't bothered.

> 
> > If it needs to be posted to web or e-mail, then I go the PDF route.
> > This means converting spooled files directly to PDF on the 
> > AS/400, or writing PDF from RPG, or using PC tools to build 
> > the PDF, whichever is most appropriate for the project.
> 
> You mean pdf via ps ? Or do you directly write pdf formats?
I've got the blue book and I can and have written RPG code to generate
some simple PDF's.  Nothing fancy.  I haven't done it much because I use
the linux ps2pdf whenever I need it.

Regards,
RIch