RE: OVRPRTF to PDF

Thanks... That's the answer. It is somewhere in Adobe preferences.

Had another user open it in Nitro Pro - it defaults to Portrait.
Same user opened it in Acrobat Reader - it defaults to Portrait.

There's also a setting for "Choose paper source by PDF page size" - that works too.

Bottom line... I don't need to do anything special with the OVRPRTF

-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Justin Taylor
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 8:53 AM
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: OVRPRTF to PDF

I'd think that PAGRTT() would be the answer. Have you checked the orientation setting for printing in Adobe? Mine defaults to "Auto portrait/landscape".

HTH



-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Wilburn [mailto:gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 4:21 PM
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: OVRPRTF to PDF

I have several older reports where the print file is AFPDS...

I've been using an old method for a while to create PDFs and have been slowly moving over to using
OVRPRTF FILE(<printfile>) DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) TOSTMF(&STMF) WSCST(*PDF)

This works fantastic - the PDFs are much smaller now.

However, some of the reports (when printed to a printer) are landscape. The PDF version looks fine on the screen, but if you attempt to print from Acrobat Reader the file is Portrait (cutting off the right-hand side).

I tried several options on the OVRPRTF command with no luck. Rotating the page 90 degrees is not the answer (its rotated on screen)

Anyone have experience with this?