Re: Convert Existing IPDS Spool to PDF

[Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

My bad. I googled for "ibm+i copy ipds spool file to afp" and the AI 
overview said:

"To copy an IPDS spool file to AFP on an IBM i system, you'll use 
the|CPYSPLF|command, specifying the spool file and the desired 
destination for the AFP output.You'll need to find the spooled file's 
name and job number, then use the|CPYSPLF|command to copy the data to a 
physical file or stream file, optionally converting it to PDF."

It even said

"If copying to a stream file, you can optionally convert it to PDF using 
a workstation customizing object (WSCST) like QWPTIFFG4 for TIFF or a 
PDF-specific object like QWPPDFG4 for PDF."

But QWPPDFG4 doesn't exist on any IBM i I have access to, and googling 
for it finds nothing, so I don't know where it came up with that.


Interestingly, in 
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/using-cpysplf-re-create-spooled-file-or-create-pc-file, 
it states that

"The CPYSPLF command can be used to copy *SCS and *LINE spooled files, 
those spooled files that are generated with the Printer device type 
(DEVTYPE) parameter set to *SCS or *LINE in the spooled file attributes; 
however, this does not work on *AFPDS or *USERASCII spooled files and 
may not work on *IPDS spooled files."

The "may not work on*IPDS spooled files" being the interesting part.




On 5/7/2025 7:04 AM, Charles Wilt wrote:
> And how would one go about copying IPDS to AFP?
>
> I know of no way to do so.
>
> Charles