Re: read large pdf file and split into separate .pdf files

On 19/03/06, Jim Franz <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am receiving a .pdf file via ftp to the iSeries IFS containing many pages,
> each page a different order,many customers within a file.
> Need to provide an iSeries IFS file web link to each order,
> so would split the .pdf file into a separate .pdf for each page (and then do 
> the link).
> Later need to xmit all files for a single customer to their server.
> Is there a Brad or Scott type RPGLE tool, maybe java, or just some specs
> on how to read thru & dissect a .pdf file.  Too many records to handle
> interactively (5,000 weekly)  - must be batch driven. Would like to stay away 
> from
> other server solutions. This is an all iSeries web process (so far).
> jim franz

PDFTK, the PDF Toolkit - http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/ is a
multi-platform tool (not iSeries though) for doing stuff like this. It
is based on the free iText -  http://www.lowagie.com/iText/ - java
libaries for doing pretty much anything with PDFs. Plus with a name
like iText it should work fine on an iSeries ;)

Regards, Martin

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