Re: How do I create a PDF with embedded links?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul

I did some testing of iPDF, and it should fit the bill for our needs now 
- and it is built on iText, so all of that functionality is there.

iPDF has a service program that does Java method calls to its Java 
class, and the procedures there can be called directly. Or one can use 
their CREATEIPDF command that has a lot of options.

Do you do method calls out of RPG to iText for everything, or did 
someone write a Java class for things you need, to minimize the method 
calls from RPG?

Regards
Vern

On 3/21/2016 6:12 PM, Paul Roy wrote:
> We are using extensively iText to manipulate pdf and it is a great tool .
> (extract text data, generate pdf from images, merge and split pdf, etc...)
>
> The only limitation that we have found is that it is not compatible with
> IFS journaling...   (or at least I could not find a way to have it working
> in this situation)...
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
> From:   Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   22/03/2016 00:03
> Subject:        Re: How do I create a PDF with embedded links?
> Sent by:        "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> Hi Tom
>
> I'm starting to look at a thing calling iPDF - it's based on iText, but
> it has a command front end or procedure calls, looks promising for
> images, I didn't see anything obvious for URLs.
>
> Regards
> Vern
>
> On 3/21/2016 4:00 PM, Tom wrote:
> > I looked at iText a few days ago - it was bit beyond my rudimentary Java
> > skills.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom
> > iDocket.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Vernon Hamberg
> > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 11:20 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: How do I create a PDF with embedded links?
> >
> > Hi Tom
> >
> > I'm looking at a somewhat-related issue - inserting PNG signatures into
> an
> > existing PDF created using one of the techniques, such as OVRPRTF or
> MMAIL's
> > commands.
> >
> > I'm looking at iText, a Java PDF library. I saw some examples of
> embedding a
> > link using that library.
> >
> > There were also examples of putting an image where I want it and resize
> and
> > all.
> >
> > It'd probably require some Java chops to make something callable from
> RPG
> > without doing a zagillion method calls out of RPG.
> >
> > HTH
> > Vern
> >
> > On 3/21/2016 11:00 AM, Tom wrote:
> > > (system V6r1m1)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a program which creates PDFs from a qsysprt override, it's been
> > > working well for weeks.  Client now wants to include within the
> > > generated PDF some links to various webpages on their webserver.  The
> > > link is to look something like 'AB-CC-00001', and when the user clicks
> > > the link a webpage opens at the referenced page.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm fairly certain that what I'm doing now (override qsysprt to pdf)
> > > will not get the job done, and that I'll need some other utility.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Some recommendations?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > TomH
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