Re: Append AFPDS files

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.


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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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