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

Hi

I think that I am STILL missing something

I went through and used WCST parameter, using ALL of them

I didn’t see ANY differences between ANY of them

So – I was thinking that it might have been because I was replacing an existing ifs file, so I changed it so that each of my runs created a new ifs file, and THAT was the file I sent to myself

They STILL looked all the same

The print character moved over to the left

Anyone any ideas?

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

*From:*Alan Shore
*Sent:* Wednesday, April 29, 2020 7:28 AM
*To:* Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>; Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Trying to use CPYSPLF to create a PDF

Thanks Bryan

Believe it or not – Marco mention the translate tables – but for V7r2, so I was JUST wondering if there was anything different for V7r3

Appreciated

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

*From:*Bryan Dietz [mailto:bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx]
*Sent:* Wednesday, April 29, 2020 7:20 AM
*To:* Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
*Cc:* Alan Shore <ashore@xxxxxxxx <mailto:ashore@xxxxxxxx>>
*Subject:* Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Trying to use CPYSPLF to create a PDF

More info on different WSCST objects here:

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_73/rzalu/rzaluwscstpara.htm

Bryan

On Apr 29, 2020, at 6:40 AM, Alan Shore via MIDRANGE-L
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Thanks Marco
I didn't think that I would need to do that
Just specify *PDF
Let me give it a shot
I just suppose that it will be trial and error
MUCH appreciated



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-------- Original message --------
From: Marco Facchinetti <marco.facchinetti@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:marco.facchinetti@xxxxxxxxx>>
Date: 4/29/20 06:36 (GMT-05:00)
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Trying to use CPYSPLF to create a PDF

Hi Alan another option is doing some tests using one of the transform
objects in qsys (V7R2):

QCTXPDF
QCTXPDFMBD
QCTXPDFMB2
QCTXPDFWT
QCTXPDFWT2
QCTXPDF2

Eg:

CPYSPLF FILE(MYSPOOL)
       TOFILE(*TOSTMF)
       TOSTMF('/tmp/testpdf.pdf')
       WSCST(*LIBL/QCTXPDF2)
       STMFOPT(*REPLACE)

HTH
--
Marco Facchinetti

Mr S.r.l.

Tel. 035 962885
Cel. 393 9620498

Skype: facchinettimarco


Il giorno mar 28 apr 2020 alle ore 19:54 Alan Shore via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> ha scritto:

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 <mailto: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.html

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
<mailto:ASHORE@xxxxxxxx%3cmailto:ASHORE@xxxxxxxx>>
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