Re: Append AFPDS files

[B Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can't merge PDFs by simple putting them together.  You'll need some
sort of PDF merge utility.

Our SPLTOOL software does contain a command named PDFCAT that will
concatenate two or more PDF files into one if you'd like to try that.
www.bvstools.com/spltool.html.


Bradley V. Stone
www.bvstools.com
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 7:24 AM Barb Hines <BHines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello group,
>
> I'm having issues with merging spool files that are being sent to the IFS.
>
> Two AFPDS spool files with overlays are created for our commercial
> invoice, a header page and continuation pages. I'm copying them to a
> directory as .pdf files.
>
> Here is the command I'm using for each file:
>
> CPYSPLF    FILE(spoolfileX) TOFILE(*TOSTMF) +
>              JOB(12345/xxxxxxx/QPADEV0001) +
>              SPLNBR(000001) JOBSYSNAME(xxxxxx) +
>              TOSTMF('/myfolder/splf.PDF') +
>              WSCST(*PDF) STMFOPT(*NONE) OPNSPLF(*YES)
>
> I run the ftp append command with "namefmt 1".
>
> The files appear to append, the size increases as expected.
>
> The problem is,  when I open them in acrobat, I only see the first page.
> What am I missing? Should I be using a different command to merge them?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Barbara Hines
>
> [Allied Machine & Engineering]<http://www.alliedmachine.com/>
>
>
> Barbara Hines
>
> [Allied Machine & Engineering]<http://www.alliedmachine.com/>
>
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