AS/400 HELP

"SPOOLPDF"

CREATE .PDFs FROM AS/400 SPOOL FILES

(non AFP)

SPOOLPDF displays a list of spool files with the options to display and create a .PDF copy of a file into the HFS

The list created is in descending date order. APIs QUSLSPL and QUSRSPLA are used to get the spool files. SPOOLPDF uses a freeware program from Germany to actually create the .pdf. I have included this freeware program in the download.

You want to map a network drive to /QDLS/PDF as that is where the .PDFs are created.

SPOOLPDF will work at V4r4 and higher.

NOTE: you must also download $CVTSPL.SAVF and restore it to your AS/400 Follow the logic below for copying the .savf file to your AS/400 and restoring it as library $CVTSPL SPOOLPDF links to this library for the actual .pdf conversion.

DOWNLOAD $CVTSPL.savf

DOWNLOAD SPOOLPDF.savf

Download "SPOOLPDF” to your PC.

Go to a DOS session and enter the following;

FTP SYSTEM (system = your AS/400’s name or IP address)

Enter a valid user id and password

CD QGPL

LCD C:\DIRECTORY (directory= the directory on your pc where you downloaded “SPOOLPDF.savf”

QUOTE SITE NAMEFMT 1

BIN

PUT SPOOLPDF.SAVF

QUOTE RCMD RSTLIB SAVLIB(SPOOLPDF) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(QGPL/SPOOLPDF)

 Note: If there is a security problem restoring all objects with the command above, sign on to your as/400 as Qsecofr and run RSTLIB from the command line.

AS/400 INSTRUCTIONS:

ONE TIME ONLY. SPOOLPDF is hard coded to write the .PDFs to /QDLS/PDF so you must create this folder as per the command below

CRTDIR DIR(‘/QDLS/PDF’) DTAAUT(*RWX) OBJAUT(*ALL)

ADDLIBLE SPOOLPDF

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