RE: Convert .PDF in the IFS back to spooled *file format

[<lgoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Depends how the PDF was created. Most of the tools I've seen simply copy
the spooled file text and wrap it inside a PDF format. A PDF is
essentially a specially formatted text file. If you open such as PDF in
a text editor such as Ultraedit or even EDTF, you'll see something like:


stream
BT
1 0 0 1 25 580 Tm
/F1 9 Tf 8 TL
(HCE001                                              BORGWARNER
PAGE:         1) '
(                                                          COST
EXPLOSION                                             DATE:   9/10/06) '
(PART NUMBER:                                   MODEL:        PS:
IT:      ECN:                                  TIME:  10:31:24) '
(PART NUMBER          DESCRIPTION          TYPE    QUANTITY   MATERIAL
LABOR    OUTSIDE -----------HOURS----------      EXTENDED) '
(                                                PER PARENT    /BURDEN
/BURDEN    /BURDEN  MACHINE ASSEMBLY     MISC        AMOUNT) '
(-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------) '
() '
() '
( * * E N D  O F  R E P O R T * *) '
ET
Endstream


Things between parentheses ( ) are the spooled file data. It should be
possible to write a utility to search for the text streams and write it
back to QSYSPRT. You would need to interrogate the file for width, such
as 80, 132, or 198 positions.

Done correctly, such a utility would need to interpret the PDF to
determine the number of pages and positions for the textual information.

On the other hand, if the tool converts the spooled file to a picture or
graphic format, I don't know a way to reverse that.

HTH,
Loyd

Loyd Goodbar
Business Systems
BorgWarner Shared Services
662-473-5713
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Subject: Convert .PDF in the IFS back to spooled *file format

Hello everyone,

Is there a way to convert .PDF files back to  spooled *file format

We use a number of utilities to convert from spooled format to .PDF
format 
and place those in the IFS.
once in a blue moon we need to convert one of those back to spooled
*file 
format. 

Thanks for your answers 

Jorge Moreno
Overseas Military Car Sales
Woodbury, New York