Re: XML 2 PDF

Yes hard. But since bills can be very complicated objects you will soon be
at a dead end using DDS.

Basicly you have to use them via Java. Your Rpg program can talk with your
Java program and "ask" to print.

I cannot share our programs but the basic idea is having a service program
that handles your Rpg requests (eg. New_Page, Draw_Line, Put_Text,
Use_Font) and translate/forward to the Java program which is listening for.

We spent time to develope it but now we can produce very complex Pdf
documents with ease.

HTH


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Il giorno gio 25 lug 2019 alle ore 17:01 Raul Jager <raul@xxxxxxxxxx> ha
scritto:

PdfBox looks like a great tool, but I wonder how hard will it be to
connect to the RPG bill generating program

On 7/25/19 7:27 AM, Marco Facchinetti wrote:

You can try Apache PdfBox (open source) or iText ($$ open source).

HTH
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Tel. 035 962885
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Il giorno gio 25 lug 2019 alle ore 00:31 Raul Jager <raul@xxxxxxxxxx> ha
scritto:

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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