Re: Copy PCL to PDF

Which toolset did you wrap to do the HTML2PDF ?

Did you use the thing Aaron wrapped ?

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date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:22:49 -0800 (PST)
from: Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Copy PCL to PDF

We're beginning to produce reports in earnest in conjunction with a new student
information system for schools, and we finally came up with a set of RPG
procedures to streamline development; a report API.

It may be a bit out of context to mention it in this thread because we don't
transform ACOM PCL to PDF, but we do have a requirement to generate PDF files
for student transcripts, report cards, and so forth.

The approach we came up with, was to transform HTML to PDF. The following
reference shows some screen shots of a student transcript in HTML, XML, and PDF
formats, RPG calcs, and procedure prototypes. The rptToPDF() procedure
generates a PDF file from an HTML stream file. The rptToWeb() procedure may be
evoked from CGI programs to stream reports to Web clients.

http://www.radile.com/rdweb/temp/transcript.pdf

It make give you some ideas. We use Dreamweaver to layout XML and HTML
templates, and use them in RPG programs to generate PDF reports.

-Nathan