RE: how to process an RTF string on the iSeries?

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Thanks for the reply Joe. I did search on RTFREADR. The only source I
> was able to find was a generic version for the Windows world.
>
> Would you mind sharing your source, the compile command used to build
> it
> and any implementation notes that go along with it?

Out of curiosity I downloaded the rtfreadr archive from
http://www.fiction.net/blong/programs.  I saved the members into a new
source file named RTFREADR in my current library (source length=144),
renaming members as follows:
    rtfactn.c => RTFACTN     (SEU Source type = C)
    rtfdecl.h => RTFDECL_H
    rtfreadr.c => RTFREADR   (SEU Source type = C)
    rtftype.h => RTFTYPE_H

The two includes in RTFACTN and RTFREADR were changed to read:
    #include "rtftype_h.rtfreadr"
    #include "rtfdecl_h.rtfreadr"

Compiled 2 sources using PDM option 15, with the following on the command
line:
    SYSIFCOPT(*IFSIO)

CRTPGM RTFREADER MODULE(RTFREADR RTFACTN)

QSH CMD('/qsys.lib/mylibrary.lib/RTFREADER.PGM /home/mydir/testfile.rtf >
/home/mydir/testfile.txt')

Everything went as I had hoped.  Whether the output is what you want or not,
is your call.  (I don't currently have the facility to place a .rtf file on
the system on which I'm working, and I have none with which to test.)

The only thing that should be stopping you from accomplishing this is the
lack of a C compiler.  Since you didn't mention that, I assume you're good
to go.

Dennis Lovelady
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