Paul,
which printer do you use to print out your *USERASCII spooled files? I think
we can determine the language of the data in your spooled files when we know
this. I think it is PCL5, PCL6 or PostScipt.
If it is PCL5 or PCL6 you should be able to display it with this.
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/pcltopdf.html
You can try it out. It`s not heavy to install. It`s just one EXE file.
If it is GostScript you can try this.
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get50.htm
It`s all open source or freeware.
Frank
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Von: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im
Auftrag von Paul Bailey
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. April 2014 10:38
An: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries
Betreff: Re: [WDSCI-L] iSphere's source search
I spotted that openpcl just yesterday (my google skills have never been
great, but I'm sure I've never seen it come up before when searching for
USERASCII help!) and on their webpage they have an example PCL file to
download. It doesn't look anything like my intermediary files that become
spooled files so I guess I was mistaken when I said it was PCL. My
intermediary file looks a little like PostScript but contains headers that
mention PCL so I guess that is what confused me.
We start with a Word document as a template, replacing bookmarks in it with
relevant data using a VB program. Then it is printed to an IFS stream file
using a postscript HPLJ printer driver (I just remembered this part!) Then
it is opened by an RPGLE program and "printed" line by line to a PRTF object
which creates the spooled file. The end result is a spooled file, of type
*USERASCII, that seemingly can not be read/manipulated in anyway as far as I
can work out (CPYSPLF, etc., refuse to work with it). My "solution" at the
moment looks to be keeping a copy of the intermediary word document on the
IFS somewhere and opening that instead of the spooled file. This system has
been around for 15-20 years, only amended once recently when the original VB
program couldn't be run on a modern operating system. I am begging
management to let me find a brand new solution that doesn't involve VB or
*USERASCII spooled files, but it's not looking promising.
If anyone can think of a way that I can get at the (apparently binary) data
within the *USERASCII spooled files then maybe I can construct a tool that
Frank can incorporate into iSphere.
-Paul.
-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Frank Hildebrandt
Sent: 02 April 2014 17:59
To: 'Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] iSphere's source search
@ Paul
You write you are using *USERASCII spooled files which contain PCL commands.
Here is a link for a open source tool which makes it possible to display PCL
based files.
http://openpcl.sourceforge.net/
You could try to display your PCL file created on your PC with this tool. If
it works we could embed OpenPCL into iSphere.
Frank
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im
Auftrag von Paul Bailey
Gesendet: Montag, 3. Februar 2014 13:31
An: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries
Betreff: Re: [WDSCI-L] iSphere's source search
Thanks Frank. I've upgraded both the client and server side to v1.4 and I am
happy to report that the excel export for the search results works fine for
me. (Fingers are crossed for the "create member filter..." option in the
near future.) One thing: In the exported excel file, is it too much trouble
to get the source member description? It would be useful, but not essential.
I also tried out the spooled file viewer, and viewing plain spooled files
works great (seems to be quicker than other methods, too!), but we have a
ridiculous system here where a windows machine "prints" a word document as a
postscript file (or maybe it is a PCL file) which is copied to a stream file
on the IFS which is then read and printed line by line to a *USERASCII
spooled file (thanks Scott Klement... I think), and those spooled files are
not viewable in your system. This isn't a huge problem, as they are not
viewable from the OUTQ either, but I was hoping against hope that the option
was now available. Do you think this is just a matter of writing my own
conversion routine, or is it just an impossibility to view some kinds of
spooled files?
-Paul.
-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Frank Hildebrandt
Sent: 03 February 2014 11:16
To: 'Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] iSphere's source search
@ Paul
With the new iSphere Version 1.4.0 it is now possible to export the search
results to Excel. The "Create member filter from the search results" stuff
will be realized later.
Frank
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im
Auftrag von Paul Bailey
Gesendet: Freitag, 29. November 2013 10:26
An: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries
Betreff: [WDSCI-L] iSphere's source search
Hi Frank,
I've been using iSphere for a while and I like some of the additional
functionality, and the speedier source search is nice. However, I've wanted
a feature in both the iSphere and original RDi source search view for ages
(
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=33694)
.
I want the ability to create a member filter (or object filter) from the
results of a source search. I would also like the ability to export the
search results to text file (or CSV) with and without the found source lines
included.
Can this be done in iSphere?
-Paul.
PS If anyone wants to know how to create a member filter in RDi/RDp/WDSC
using a combination of FNDSTRPDM, windows clipboard, Excel and Notepad, then
let me know and I'll write something. It isn't the safest or easiest method,
but it's the only way I've found.
-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Frank Hildebrandt
Sent: 28 November 2013 16:18
To: 'Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] WRKBNDDIR plugin for RDi?
Isaac,
iSphere already contains a binding directory editor. You can download
iSphere here.
http://www.taskforce-it.de/downloads.php
Frank
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im
Auftrag von Isaac Ramirez
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 28. November 2013 16:17
An: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: [WDSCI-L] WRKBNDDIR plugin for RDi?
Hi everyone.
Does anyone knows of any free plugin for working with binder directories
from RDi, with all the functionality of the wrkbnddir command? I'm planning
to create a plugin for this, but I don't want to re-invent the wheel...
Thanks!
Isaac Ramirez
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