RE: creating a pdf in RPG

While we can debate whether 140,000 pages is ok (and I think there can be justifications),
One thing missing from the discussion is that the "pdf" format versions and the readers all have limitations.
It's not easy to find, plus all the various free readers are also free to each have their own spec, and free to limit or change on a whim.
Even Adobe has a published limit of pdf size in their cloud storage (100mb in an online 2018 spec sheet).
Searchable pdfs have internal indexing - its not just total size of the doc - all of these will have some limits.

Jim Franz


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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Strawn
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:50 AM
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: creating a pdf in RPG

Do you have one that is 140,000 pages?


-----Original Message-----
From: Eddie Gomez <gmon750@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 2:40 PM
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: creating a pdf in RPG

We do tons of PDF processing. We removed almost all paper-printed processes.

We primarily use the OVRPRTF command to output the spool file to the PDF. It doesn’t result in any actual spool files being created other than a temporary system-controlled process that ultimately results in a .PDF file residing in our IFS (or on a PC server) or displayed on a user’s browser.

Works great for us.

On Nov 8, 2019, at 11:36 AM, James H. H. Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 11/8/19 11:15 AM, David Strawn wrote:

Don't want to do it from a spoolfile (we are trying to eliminate them), but directly from RPG...

Then if you want a pure RPG solution requiring nothing that doesn't come with the OS, then OVRPRTF would be the way to go. And even if you don't do any AFP tricks, and just emulate a line printer, you can still use an overlay.

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