Re: HPTTOFLR

["Joe Wells" <jwells@xxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

Thanks for the tip.  I downloaded SPL2STMF and it looks like it will suite
my needs well.  I figured someone had already invented this wheel!

Joe

> > > On 2/12/2008 at 11:48 AM, in message
<47B1DC08.6090605@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Scott Klement<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Converting the existing code by changing QHFOPNSF, QHFWRTSF and QHFCLOSF 
> to open(), write() and close() would certainly work.  The result would 
> be compatible with the IFS, and would also perform a little bit better.
>
> Frankly, it'd also make the code simpler.  QHFOPNSF and friends were 
> very ugly APIs, IMHO.
>
> However, there are certainly other people who have written host print 
> transform utilities!  Off the top of my head, I know Uzaemon has a free 
> SPL2STMF tool that uses the HPT APIs to convert to a stream file. It 
> might be easier to just grab an existing tool rather than trying to 
> re-code what you have.
>
> Uzaemon's site:
> http://homepage1.nifty.com/uzaemon/ 
>
>
>
> Joe Wells wrote:
> > First, forgive me if this needs to be posted elsewhere......
> >
> > For many years, I have used HPTTOFLR to convert spool files to TIFFs and

> it
> > has worked very well.
> >
> > HPTTOFLR writes the tiff to a folder in QDLS.  I would really like to be
> > able to write to the IFS instead in order to remove the naming 
> constraints
> > imposed by QDLS.
> >
> > HPTTOFLR is a C program (never written a C program in my life!) and uses

> the
> > following HFS APIs - 
> >
> > QHFOPNSF (Open a stream file)     
> > QHFWRTSF (Write to a stream file) 
> > QHFCLOSF (Close a stream file)    
> >
> > It seems reasonable to me that I could use the Open, Write and Close 
> APIs in
> > place of these.
> >
> > Before embarking on this journey, I have a few questions - 
> >
> > 1) Is this a reasonable thought?
> > 2) Has anyone already done this?
> > 3) Is there a better way to create TIFFs from a spool file?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > p.s. In the absence of a better solution, I can always create the file 
> in
> > QDLS with a dummy name and then copy it to the IFS with the desired 
> name.
> >