Re: Creating PDF's with little or no work

[Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>]

What program or process do you use to do you emailing of attachments ?
Javamail ?

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The addition of the parameters to the OVRPRTF was very nice and I
> include that "trick" as part of my open source report writing
> presentation (which I will be doing at Fall Common next week!)
>
> Biggest issue becomes management of the accumulating files.  But there
> are "tricks" for that as well (and quite a bit of code).  Most of my
> customers want the files delivered as attachments so I send them and
> then delete them.
>
> Pete Helgren
> Value Added Software, Inc
> www.petesworkshop.com
> GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
>
>
> On 9/28/2011 3:01 PM, Pat Barber wrote:
> > For those who have not tried this pdf creation, it's a neat little, no
> > cost, way to get
> > some pretty good results.
> >
> > Using the IBM document:
> >
> > http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/acf2ee1e9d64b16e8625680b00020389/2bd8020c496ae912862575f400640da6?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,pdf
> >
> > In a couple of hours:
> >
> > 1. Install 5770TS1 from V7R1 cd  B_Groupx_04
> > (It is also available on V6R1
> >
> > 2. Modify a very simple application like this:
> >
> > PGM
> >                OVRPRTF    FILE(QPDSPLIB) DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) PAGESIZE(66 +
> >                             85) LPI(6) CPI(10) PAGRTT(0) +
> >                             FORMTYPE(DSPLIB) USRDTA(USERDATA) +
> >                             SPLFNAME(DSPLIB) TOSTMF('/home/patrick') +
> >                             WSCST(*PDF)
> >                DSPLIB     LIB(QGPL) OUTPUT(*PRINT)
> > ENDPGM
> >
> > The basic changes are: devtype=*afpds
> >                                      tostmf='/yourfolder'
> >                                      wscst=*pdf
> >
> >
> > 3.Check the results and be surprised at how easy this really is.
> >
> > 4. It even works with old S/36 OCL.
> >
> > You will have play with ovrprtf a little to get expected results.
> >
> > I am sort of surprised at how easy this is/was...