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An easier way to convert a spool file to a .TXT file which may or may not
be appropriate in  the present instance is to first convert the spool file
to a database file with the CPYSPLF command. This file  can then be
converted to a .TXT file, that can be viewed with something like Notepad,
using the CPYTOPCD command.

Robert Ilechuku



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Subject:  Re: Spool file to stream file


Hmmm.. I havent looked at Brad's program to duplicate a spool file,
but I think that what you probably want to use is the "Open Spooled File"
API (QSPOPNSP) and the "Get Spooled File Data" API (QSPGETSP)

You might also find it useful to transform that data into ASCII data,
possibly in some specific printer language (PCL or Postscript?) by
calling the Host Print Transform API (QwpzHostPrintTransform)

All of these are documented in the OS/400 Print API's manual... you
can view it online here:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com:80/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/QBJAMZ00/CCONTENTS

Good Luck!


On Thu, 4 May 2000, Kevin Blankenship wrote:

>  What I am trying to do is take a spool file and make
> it a stream file, So I can attatch it to the sndemail
> program.
> I intend on changing the send email program so it will
> take spool file attributes then call a procedure that
> will convert the spool file to a tream file with a
> ".txt" ending so I can email these reports out.
> I have figured out how to write to the stream file,
> what I havent figured out is how to get the data from
> the spool file.
>  I have looked at Brad's program that duplicates a
> spool file, and was condsidering that maybe I should
> use that method and retreive the data from the user
> space to write to the stream file.
>  Is that the right track or am I wandering down the
> wrong path?
> Also if anyone has an example of how to do this I
> would much appreciate seeing that. :>
>
> -Kevin Blankenship
> AS/400 Gun for Hire
>
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