Re: CCSID Problem with PDF output -- RPG400-L

Sean, you said at first that you are using AFPDS. Here is the beginning of the command -

CRTPRTF FILE(QTEMP/P1401) DEVTYPE(*AFPDS)

So I'm not sure why you told Jimmy your file is *IPDS. If it is *IPDS, then I suggest overriding to *AFPDS if you need graphics or *SCS if just text. Ted Holt wrote an article about this topic - https://www.itjungle.com/2005/02/23/fhg022305-story01/

I read in the help for CPYSPLF that if the target IFS file does not exist, that the CCSID will be 66535 - so maybe create a pre-existing empty (no content) IFS file with PDF extension with the Czech CCSID.

HTH
Vern

On Mon, 11 Dec, 2023 at 1:49 PM, Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

To: rpg programming on ibm i

IPDS (and USERASCII) spooled files stink for converting. AFPDS are ok but
are normally raster image PDFs. *SCS are fine, though. :) I think my
SPLTOOL has been out for over 25 years now and still going strong.

On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 1:07 PM Roger Harman <roger.harman@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:roger.harman@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:

At my last employer, I tried every combination of
conversions/copies/<whatever> on an IPDS spool file. I never could get it
to work - something was always lost in the process. Even a couple of
commercial products failed.

I wish you better success than I had.

Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power

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Hello Jimmy,

thank you .. but

I know all that ... the problem is that my spool is an *IPDS spool file
and for a direct conversion it must *AFPDS. That is why I am doing it the
hard way ..

That is also not really the issue ..

The Czech language is at least according to IBM covered by CCSID 1153 (
Latin-2 with Euro) ....when I change my ACS session configuration to Host
CCSID 1153 I can see the special characters correctly ..

So for example the word Krňák show correctly ...the same word in CCSID
65535 shows as Kr»ák. When I generate my PDF it always shows the values
incorrectly and
I am lost in finding out how to generate a PDF with CCSID 1153 that shows
the special characters correctly.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards / Bien à vous,

Seán
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Sansi <jsansi@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jsansi@xxxxxxxxx>>
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Subject: Re: CCSID Problem with PDF output

If you're creating the spool file and copying to a file (?) ... you can
shortcut that and just create a pdf right from a spool file using
CPYSPLF.

On 2023-12-11 03:10, Sean Courtney wrote:

Hello all,

Maybe someone has an idea what I am doing wrong ..

I have a file (PF) with the contents of a spool file which I would like

to output to *PDF. The contents of the file are in the Czech language and
when I alter my ACS session to CCSID(1153) I can see all of the special
language chars without problem.

I created a PRTF in QTEMP with the attributes of the SPLF and copy the

contents of my PF to the PRTF.

CRTPRTF FILE(QTEMP/P1401) DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) PAGESIZE(72 133) CPI(15)

OVRFLW(72) RPLUNPRT(*YES) CTLCHAR(*FCFC) HOLD(*YES)

TOSTMF(&PDFOUT) WSCST(*PDF ) LVLCHK(*NO)

So far that works fine but when the PDF is generated all my special CZ

language chars are no longer readable. I have played around with the
CCSID's

But nothing helps.

Maybe somebody has done something similar and knows what I am doing

wrong.

Thanks in advance..

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards / Bien à vous,

Seán

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