RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Trying to use CPYSPLF to create a PDF

Thanks for the reply Nathan
Let me keep on looking at this - at least for a while
My question to you is - how do you create the HTML files and apply them as overlays?

Alan Shore
E-mail : ASHORE@xxxxxxxx
Phone [O] : (631) 200-5019
Phone [C] : (631) 880-8640
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 2:37 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Trying to use CPYSPLF to create a PDF

It doesn't sound like you're doing anything wrong. It may simply be that transforming overlays and data to PDF works differently than AFP transformations. It actually surprises me that we don't hear more discrepancies between AFP and PDF transformation. I image that tweaking an overlay or spool file attributes may be a way to resolve differences.

We generate PDFs from HTML files rather than AFP overlays, which also solves discrepancies like this.



On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:54 AM Alan Shore via MIDRANGE-L < midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi everyone
We are on V7r3
I have been asked to look into creating and e-mailing our invoices as
pdf's from the AS/400

I already knew about the changes to CPYSPLF, so I thought that I
would look into that The command I used was

CPYSPLF FILE(INVOICE) TOFILE(*TOSTMF) JOB(192813/CREDSALE36/JKEITTB)
TOSTMF('/ashore/invoice.pdf') WSCST(*PDF) STMFOPT(*REPLACE)

The INVOICE spool file has an overlay

I then used this command to e-mail it to myself

SNDSMTPEMM RCP(('ashore@xxxxxxxx')) SUBJECT('Sending a pdf file')
ATTACH(('/ashore/invoice.pdf'))

When I received the e-mail, the overlay was there, but the characters
(print) were not where it should be - in the boxes The characters were
"pushed" to the left

I googled CPYSPLF and came across this web page
https://www.rpgpgm.com/2014/03/creating-pdf-files-from-spool-files.htm
l

and I checked the ptf's mentioned
Both of the ptf's mentioned there are on our system
5770TS1 *COMPATIBLE IBM Transform Services for i
5770TS1 *COMPATIBLE Transforms - AFP to PDF Transform

Does anyone have any ideas as to what I did wrong or is missing?
As always, all answers gratefully accepted

Alan Shore
E-mail : ASHORE@xxxxxxxx<mailto:ASHORE@xxxxxxxx>
Phone [O] : (631) 200-5019
Phone [C] : (631) 880-8640
'If you're going through hell, keep going.'
Winston Churchill

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