Re: reading pdf/html from ifs send via cgidev2

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm using CGIDEV2 to send postscript to a printer.  Not much experience 
yet, but seems to work very well.  The way I do it is to define the 
postscript commands in the source file where the HTML usualy goes and in 
the RPG write just like a normal web page, except for the headings, I 
send "type=text/print", the browser does not know what to do, so when it 
asks I select "lpd" to procces this type of data. 
During the tests I selected ghostview.
By giving reasonable defaults to the variables I can see the source mask 
in ghostview.
Here is part of a file as example, it is very likely you can do 
something similar for pdf:
__________________________________________________________________________________

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
/!_pssuc_! {(Central) show} def
%%_ top _%%
%%DocumentMedia: A5 420 595 () ()
%%BeginSetup
%%PaperSize: A5
%%EndSetup
%%EndComments

%% cuadrito de referencia
/curva {5 arcto 4{pop} repeat} def
newpath
.90 setgray
18 45 moveto
18 577 lineto
402 577 lineto
402 45 lineto
closepath stroke

%%_ cabe _%%
newpath
230  80    moveto
/Helvetica-Narrow-Bold 16 selectfont
(EDITORIAL AZETA S.A.) show
/Helvetica 10 selectfont
240 94 moveto (Yegros 745 - Tel. 415 1000) show
240 103 moveto (ASUNCION - PARAGUAY) show

70 80 moveto
!_pssuc_!

%%_ pie _%%
showpage

%%_ fin_de_archivo_impdocu _%%
_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Jim Horn wrote:

> Thanks for the great examples.  I will be trying them all.
>
> We also use a tool (Coolspools) to create pdf/html/whatever from spool
> files.  The new system will basically allow the existing report program to
> be called from either greenscreen or browser, change the access method to
> sql and send the report back to the user either via the printer he selected
> or via html or pdf.  Almost no changes required to the original program to
> do it.  Trying to make it a "fill in the blanks" kind of conversion so we
> can use the same code a few hundred times.
>
> Would like to write it directly from the spool file to the web if I had a
> tool.  Will look into it with our tool provider to see if they have
> suggestions.
>
> If any of you are unhappy with your spool to pdf/html/excel
> converter/emailer, we've been happy with this one and the support has been
> great.  Works with generated sql statements also.
>
> As a 30 year rpg developer who is just making the transition to the web,
> your help is invaluable.  Many thanks.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> message: 7
> date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:03:12 -0600 (CST)
> from: Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: reading pdf/html from ifs send via cgidev2
>
> Howdy Mr. History Channel,
>
>  
>
> > Need some assistance on the retrieve from the ifs and send back vis cgi
> > part.
> >