RE: XML 2 PDF

I don’t image DDS print files are going away any time soon.



-----Original Message-----
From: Raul Jager [mailto:raul@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 5:32 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: XML 2 PDF

To comply with a new law to create and process electronic documents, we need to select some items from a large XML and generate and mail a PDF.
As a "proof of concept" I wrote a program that puts in a PDF a couple of items (need more) and mails it.  Before I do all the program I will like your opinion about the way I am doing it. In RPG: Select the XML from a table (SQL) XML-INTO  to split the XML Override the printer to ifs (gives a PDF) Move to field in a printer file (DDS), write... sndsmptemm ...   --> my mail client receives a message with the PDF attached. Why do I ask?  It was a long time since I did the last printer file, and I did not used any pretty stuff, just plain text, so I need to learn about box, lines, fonts etc. in DDS.  I was surprised when I opened  the manual in the 7.4 page, and found the 7.2 manual, no new things in 7.3 nor 7.4.  Is it a good idea to use DDS?   Is DDS going away? Are there better alternatives? TIA Raúl


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