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I'm not very well versed in how cgidev2 works (just played briefly
with it) but....
If you can already create the PDF and can give it a unique name via
the CGI program, the program can tell the browser to open the pdf in a
separate window by pushing the following code back to the browser via
std out - (this is the only reply the browser receives from the CGI
report request):
C eval OutStr = 'Content-Type: Text/HTML' +
C $CrLf + 'Pragma: no-cache' +
C $CrLf + 'Expires: 0' +
C $CrLf + 'Cache-Control: no-cache' +
C $CrLf + $CrLf +
C '<html><script language=JavaScript>' +
C $CrLf +
C 'var pdfWindow = window.open("' +
C %trim(PDFPATH) + ",' +
C '"pdfWindow","scrollbars,resizable,' +
C 'width=750,height=540");'+ $CrLf +
C 'pdfWindow;' + $CrLf +
C 'pdfWindow.moveTo(3,3);' + $CrLf +
C 'history.back();' + $CrLf +
C '</script></html>'
C exsr $APIStdOut
- PDFPATH is the webserver defined path to the IFS location and file
name. example:
/webdirectory/pdfs/mypdffilename.pdf
the code will open a new window, and the pdf extension tells the
browser to open adobe reader and download the file.
after the new window is displayed, the original browser will return -
using history.back() - to the page that requested the report.
hope this helps a little.
On 12/28/06, Jim Horn <jimh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
To make a long story short, we will be converting an old reporting system to use cgidev2 to Request parameters from the user via a browser create pdf/html reports in the IFS based on browser requests retrieve the reports and send them back to the requesting browser. would prefer not to send a link. Need some assistance on the retrieve from the ifs and send back vis cgi part. Any examples of doing this out there? Thanks Jim Horn -- This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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