Re: Quick question about AFP-to-PDF

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

No.  At least not that I've heard of with OS stuff.

You'd be better off doing a web app to collect the data you need.  You can
make PDFs that will make requests to a web server similar to how a web page
form does, but from what I've seen it's more trouble that it's worth.

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 11:27 AM, James H. H. Lampert <
jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> My Fellow Midrange Geeks and Geekettes:
>
> I know this is a long shot, but is it possible, when generating a PDF
> through the AFP-to-PDF functionality in the OS, to generate one that's a
> fill-in form?
>
> Or failing that, is there something comparable or better, in terms of
> ease-of-use, for generating PDFs out of ILE RPG programs, that doesn't
> involve buying some expensive third-party product?
>
> FWIW, the current PDF generator for this particular customer was probably
> one of my first forays into using an AFP print file, rather than just SCS,
> because while it does use AFP functionality and fomts, it still uses an
> overlay rather than page segments.
>
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