RE: DIY mark-up to PDF

It's just a plain text file. I need print the rendered version.


-----Original Message-----
From: Raul Jager [mailto:raul@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2019 9:57 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: DIY mark-up to PDF

If the print uses a "printer file" you can redirect it to the IFS in pdf format.

On 3/8/19 12:25 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:

I have text files that contain a DIY mark-up that I need to convert into PDF files. I'm afraid I'm going to have to build the PDF by hand, but I figured I'd throw this out there in the hope that someone can offer a better alternative.

For reference, here's a snippet of mark-up:
X7
FontBold = True
FontUnderline = True
Print
FontBold = False
FontUnderline = False
X.5
Print John Smith
X.5
FontBold = True
FontUnderline = True
Print Text data;
X4.5
Print More text data;

Horizontal spacing is controlled by the X values (in inches) and by spaces in the "Print" commands. Vertical spacing is thru CR/LF.

This will be part of a real-time process running in RPG, with a transaction rate of about 1000/week.


I appreciate whatever feedback you can provide. :)

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