Re: Has anyone created a PDF and then immediately displayed it on the screen?

We do it A LOT this way:

1. Create a spool file
2 Convert to PDF (by either CPYSPLF or a PDF tool, we use Gumbo)
3 Copy PDF to the User's Window-Sever-directory (each user has one)
using QNTC or NFS . (alternatively CPY the PDF doc to the user's own PC)
Issue STRPCCMD with PCCMD(full path+file name) . no need to use START.
like

CHGVAR VAR(&CMD) VALUE('\QNTC\\WINDSERVER\USERS\' *CAT &USER + *TCAT
'\' *CAT &PDF_NAME )

STRPCCMD (&CMD)

HTH
Gad

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I have created PDF files in the IFS and then used ACS to display the PDF.
All is good.
What I do is create the spool file and CPYSPLF to a *STMF file in the

IFS.

So far so good.

Problem: for security reasons, the staff in the plant are not given

access

to ACS other than the 5250 emulation. I need to be able to get the PDF to
automagically open the PDF and display it on the screen for the user to
work with.
I have not found a way to do this.
I tried the STRPCCMD with the dos command START but that command will

only

run a command on the PC. It will not run against the IFS unless I share

the

folder on the IFS and run the START against the IFS share. For security
reasons, we do not want to share the IFS folder. We have up to 200 users
and the security team are concerned about the security of the IFS.

Has anyone found a solution to this problem I have?

TIA, Darryl Freinkel.
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