Re: Printing from HTTP

[Jay <tegger@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll have to give the QSPRILSP program a shot. 

Thanks!

> On 11/24/2021 11:58 PM Scott Klement <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  
> Hello Jay,
>
> I believe that when you refer to an "HTTP session", you really mean a 
> CGI program running under the IBM HTTP Server (Powered by Apache).
>
> The IBM HTTP Server will user the operating system's "profile token" 
> support to switch userids.  By default, it switches your job from the 
> QTMHHTTP profile to QTMHHTP1, but this can be changed in the Apache 
> configuration.  At any rate, whenever a job switches profiles, this 
> affects spooled files.  This is not specific to the HTTP server, it is 
> true of ANY job that switches profiles for any reason.  For security 
> purposes, the current job id is not associated with spooled files, but 
> instead, a QPRTJOB job is used.
>
> You can learn more about this by reading about the Profile Token APIs, 
> here: 
> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=ssw_ibm_i_74/apis/qsysetpt.htm 
> (There's similar information under "Profile Handles" as well, since they 
> work the same way.)   Just look for QPRTJOB in the page to understand 
> about how spooled files are named with a different job id, you don't 
> necessarily have to read the entire page.
>
> To solve your dilemna, you can call the Retrieve Identity of Last 
> Spooled File Created (QSPRILSP) program.  Just call it, and it tells you 
> the appropriate job id, et al, that you would need to know in order to 
> use CPYSPLF 
> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=ssw_ibm_i_74/apis/QSPRILSP.htm
>
> Alternately, you can eliminate the CPYSPLF and use OVRPRTF instead.
>
> Good Luck
>
> -- 
> Scott Klement
> http://www.scottklement.com
>
>
>
> On 11/24/21 3:26 PM, Jay wrote:
> > I am extending an existing application to permit printing directly from the HTTP session.
> > So far, okay. It prints when it is told to send to a printer.
> > When I added in the ability to copy the spool file to a PDF file, I run into issues.
> > The printer file name is okay, but the job is not longer the current job. It's the QPRTJOB session that handled the request.
> > So, copying the spool file blows up.
> >
> > Is there a way to capture the actual printer job handling the print request?
> > I'm expecting it to be 123456/QMHHTTP/username, but I wind up with a spool file in 123456/QPRTJOB/username.
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