LouieInSeattle
2015-01-05 22:15:11 UTC
Has anything happened with PDF files since 1997?
I'm looking for a way to create PDF files from D3 Pick, hopefully coded in Pick.
I've gotten an HTML version to sort of work, but it displays differently on different systems. For instance, in Outlook, it isn't showing the table columns nor the alternating colored rows.
On an iPad, the HTML email shows the table columns correctly separated by a normal vertical line, but no alternating-colored rows.
Quite frustrating.
the spooled item to a pick file and then sending that file to our
intranet server. It's clutzy but it works. If you hear of - or come up
with a better way I'd like to know about it. Likewise, if I find a
smoother solution I'll post it.
It seems like all of my postings require an upgrade from AP to D3, but
that's because the tools are there. You can try one of the following
mount mypc:/PDF_dir /net/PC/mypc/PDF_dir
2) If you want a printer report to go out, note that in D3 the spooler
hold files now go to a "normal" file, rather than frames in overflow.
So whenever you print something to a hold entry, copy that hold entry
copy spooler,peqs, 17 to: (unix:/net/PC/PDF_dir
3) When the data gets on the PC doing the PDF conversion, a few things
need to happen: Adobe Distiller converts .PRN (printer output) files
to PDFs, so you may need to run the output through a program that does
a print to a file. Then you need to run it through the distiller.
The second alternative is the same, except that rather than doing the
copy mentioned in step #2, you can setup an alternate spooler file,
which is actually the mounted file system. This means changing the
q-pointer pointing to the "spooler,peqs" file to something different,
like "spooler,remote.peqs". The data level of remote.peqs will then
be changed from a super-q-pointer pointing to "peqs:" to
"unix:/net/PC/mypc/PDF_dir". This is easier to do than it sounds, but
at the same time there are a few little hooks. I'll reserve the hooks
for another thread, but they involve getting the peqs "hdr:" to look
at the right peqs file. If you don't want to mess with this sort of
thing, use the first option.
Lastly, FYI, an Adobe Acrobat reader is available for AIX, HP/UX,
Linux and a few others. (I haven't had any luck with the Linux port
yet, might be the version of the distiller we are using.)
I hope this helps.
--
Tony Gravagno, Pick Systems, Inc.
Quality Assurance Manager
FTP/Technical Pages (only) Administrator
http://www.picksys.com/technical/techmain.htm
For Customer Support, please contact
PLEASE provide full contact and System information
in all inquiries, including System ID.
I'm looking for a way to create PDF files from D3 Pick, hopefully coded in Pick.
I've gotten an HTML version to sort of work, but it displays differently on different systems. For instance, in Outlook, it isn't showing the table columns nor the alternating colored rows.
On an iPad, the HTML email shows the table columns correctly separated by a normal vertical line, but no alternating-colored rows.
Quite frustrating.
We have two A/P boxes running on AIX. We would like to publish our reports on our Intranet by creating PDF
files from our spooler jobs. Has anyone done this?
Alternatively, if anyone knows where I can get info on the file format, please let me know. Maybe I can do the
coding in Pick Basic. So far, I have only been successful in dumping TXT files to our FTP directory. A PDF file
would be more GUI-oriented.
What I've been doing is printing reports to a spool file, then exportingfiles from our spooler jobs. Has anyone done this?
Alternatively, if anyone knows where I can get info on the file format, please let me know. Maybe I can do the
coding in Pick Basic. So far, I have only been successful in dumping TXT files to our FTP directory. A PDF file
would be more GUI-oriented.
the spooled item to a pick file and then sending that file to our
intranet server. It's clutzy but it works. If you hear of - or come up
with a better way I'd like to know about it. Likewise, if I find a
smoother solution I'll post it.
that's because the tools are there. You can try one of the following
mount mypc:/PDF_dir /net/PC/mypc/PDF_dir
2) If you want a printer report to go out, note that in D3 the spooler
hold files now go to a "normal" file, rather than frames in overflow.
So whenever you print something to a hold entry, copy that hold entry
copy spooler,peqs, 17 to: (unix:/net/PC/PDF_dir
3) When the data gets on the PC doing the PDF conversion, a few things
need to happen: Adobe Distiller converts .PRN (printer output) files
to PDFs, so you may need to run the output through a program that does
a print to a file. Then you need to run it through the distiller.
The second alternative is the same, except that rather than doing the
copy mentioned in step #2, you can setup an alternate spooler file,
which is actually the mounted file system. This means changing the
q-pointer pointing to the "spooler,peqs" file to something different,
like "spooler,remote.peqs". The data level of remote.peqs will then
be changed from a super-q-pointer pointing to "peqs:" to
"unix:/net/PC/mypc/PDF_dir". This is easier to do than it sounds, but
at the same time there are a few little hooks. I'll reserve the hooks
for another thread, but they involve getting the peqs "hdr:" to look
at the right peqs file. If you don't want to mess with this sort of
thing, use the first option.
Lastly, FYI, an Adobe Acrobat reader is available for AIX, HP/UX,
Linux and a few others. (I haven't had any luck with the Linux port
yet, might be the version of the distiller we are using.)
I hope this helps.
--
Tony Gravagno, Pick Systems, Inc.
Quality Assurance Manager
FTP/Technical Pages (only) Administrator
http://www.picksys.com/technical/techmain.htm
For Customer Support, please contact
PLEASE provide full contact and System information
in all inquiries, including System ID.