Re: IFS Files (type PDF) available on web

[Sarah Poger Gladstone <listmember@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave-  How are you converting the IPS spool file to PDF? Which tool is
doing the conversion?


-Sarah Poger Gladstone

On 12/16/05, Dave Reiher/prairiefarms <DReiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have some WebFaced apps up and running. Right in the same library I have
> an app that generates a report. I created a PSF cfg and a device so that I
> could take that report and convert it to a PDF and put in a folder on the
> IFS. What I would like to do now is somehow add a link to the WebFaced
> page allowing users to download the PDF. The login that they use should be
> what determines which file they get. They do not exist as users on the
> 400, they are in a VLDL. Can I do this? Got any resources to help me get
> started?
>
> With what I am trying right now when the files are converted I use their
> login as the spooled file name. But when they are converted they get a ton
> of other ID's tagged on to the file name, and even the sub folder is using
> job and user as names. Can I force them to have a very uniqe name and be
> placed in a very specific folder? If so I think this would solve my
> problem. I have just touched the tip of using IPS to convert to PDF......
>
>    Dave Reiher
>    System Analyst
>    Prairie Farms Dairy - Corporate
>    dreiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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