Re: IFS Files (type PDF) available on web

[Dave Reiher/prairiefarms <DReiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sarah,

Thanks!!
I will have a look at your article, that sounds interesting.


Dave

    Dave Reiher
    System Analyst
    Prairie Farms Dairy - Corporate
    dreiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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Dave-

 I have not used the InfoPrint server, so I do not know if it is
possible to control the IFS file name. You may need to dig through the
docs or contact IBM support.     In the past I have used a spool to
PDF product called "Spool-a-matic" ( www.gumbo.com) which allows
complete control over the IFS file name.

In a different project, I ended up converting my report directly to a
PDF file, without a spool file in the middle. There are a number of
methods to bypass spool files entirely.  I wrote a short article on
this subject, which can be viewed at:
http://www.ignite400.org/html/News/pdf/news2004020505.pdf

-Sarah Poger Gladstone


On 12/16/05, Dave Reiher/prairiefarms <DReiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sarah,
>
> Using InfoPrint Server.
> I have setup a PSF Config file and created a printer device which uses
> that config and outputs to the specified (sort of) directory on the IFS. 
I
> set it up to use /PDF directory, but it always creates a subfolder with
> the job name, then one with the user name and then it uses some job ID
> then my splf name and then the date all as the file name. If I could 
force
> it to always go to a specific directory (without the subfolders) and
> always use the splf name then I would be set.
>
>    Dave Reiher
>    System Analyst
>    Prairie Farms Dairy - Corporate
>    dreiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Dave-  How are you converting the IPS spool file to PDF? Which tool is
> doing the conversion?
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> -Sarah Poger Gladstone
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> On 12/16/05, Dave Reiher/prairiefarms <DReiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have some WebFaced apps up and running. Right in the same library I
> have
> > an app that generates a report. I created a PSF cfg and a device so 
that
> I
> > could take that report and convert it to a PDF and put in a folder on
> the
> > IFS. What I would like to do now is somehow add a link to the WebFaced
> > page allowing users to download the PDF. The login that they use 
should
> be
> > what determines which file they get. They do not exist as users on the
> > 400, they are in a VLDL. Can I do this? Got any resources to help me 
get
> > started?
> >
> > With what I am trying right now when the files are converted I use 
their
> > login as the spooled file name. But when they are converted they get a
> ton
> > of other ID's tagged on to the file name, and even the sub folder is
> using
> > job and user as names. Can I force them to have a very uniqe name and 
be
> > placed in a very specific folder? If so I think this would solve my
> > problem. I have just touched the tip of using IPS to convert to
> PDF......
> >
> >    Dave Reiher
> >    System Analyst
> >    Prairie Farms Dairy - Corporate
> >    dreiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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