Emailing AFPDS spool file as PDF

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> We have a in house program that can convert the spool file into a HTML
and
> PDF.
>
> How ever when I try to use this to email a AFPDS I am loosing the fonts?
>
> How can I fix this?
>
> Are there any free programs that does this?
> --


Praveen
I had a similar problem with AFPDS spool files we convert to PDF, and
email. In my case, it was the spool file to PDF utility that was doing font
substitution. (Or more correctly, it was the Host Print Transform API,
QWPZHPTR, that the utility used, that was causing the problem). I figured
out I had to use the FNTCHRSET keyword on the DDS to select my font,
instead of the FONT keyword.

FNTCHRSET(QFNTCPL/C0S0CR15 QFNTCPL/T1V10037)

I only have the base fonts available (library QFNTCPL), so my font choices
were very limited. If you have the optional font librarys (QFNT01 thru
QFNT19, I think), you'll have more choices.

The utility I'm using to convert the spool file to pdf (AFP2PDF) came from
www.mcpressonline.com  and was written by Giuseppe Costagliola. The article
was titled TechTip: Spooled Files and PDF, Part Four. Another person had a
similar problem, and Giuseppe Costagliola briefly mentions in a forum
discussing the article, that he should use the FNTCHRSET keyword to select
the fonts.


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