RE: Generating PDF documents through RPG

["Chaudhary, Sachin \(GE Indust, ES Rail, consultant\)" <sachin.chaudhary@xxxxxx>]

We just bought the tool Catapult from excel systems. It is a nice tool, 
converts to PDF/html, zips , change background e.g. create templates for your 
company logos, etc, Emails the converted spool file to distribution lists you 
create either on AS400 or on your PC.

Also , splits the spool if required, and send portions of spool file to 
different email ids.
It also comes with add-on called EZ pickins, converts spool to Excel sheets on 
basis of various rules, etc. Crete graphs on this converted data, etc..

Regards,
Sachin


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Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 1:54 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Generating PDF documents through RPG


We use Cool Spools a third party convertor that is easy to map spool 
files.  Awesome product, very easy to setup.  You can add bookmarks and 
all kinds of other features.  The price isn't too expensive either and the 
support is second to none.  Basically, if you have an RPG program that 
produces a spool file, you can code a subroutine to send the spool file to 
the coolspools and it converts it and puts it in the IFS.

Ron Power
Programmer
Information Services
City Of St. John's, NL
P.O. Box 908
St. John's, NL
A1C 5M2
709-576-8132
rpower@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.stjohns.ca/
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Re: Generating PDF documents through RPG






we use IBMs Infoprint server but it does not really create a PDF from
RPG. It converts a spool file to PDF. I don't remember ever seeing a
product that gives you API links to create a PDF from RPG

> > > koldark@xxxxxxxxx 8/10/2006 2:37 PM >>>
In the past I have just created the report normally then used a PDF
converter to convert the SPLF to a PDF file. I believe you could use
iText
or something similar. I am sure the others have better ideas.

On 8/10/06, praveen gunda <praveen.gunda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Need to know if there are any apis' that can be used to develop PDF
based
> reports using RPGLE?
> I would greatly appreciate any information.
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