Convert spool to pdf as400

Have you spoop any of them? This value is not allowed for spooled files which exist on primary or secondary auxiliary storage pools. You can learn more about these from the IBM web site: February 12th, Anonymous July 3, at 8: The newly copied data is added to data existing in the member. To data base file name Specify the file name of the physical file to receive the copy.

Converrt you copy a spooled file to a physical file, certain information is lost or changed. If this file does not exist at the time of the copy, the copy will fail. Just using this way to generate PDF. Creation date Date Element 2: Where allowed to run: Simon Hutchinson March 27, at 3: If this is you feel free to use the Contact Form to send me the comment and I will post it for you, please include the title of the post so I know which one to post the comment to.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Have you tried what is suggested here Actually if you just define a printer emulation session and set the device to Microsoft PDF printer it'll create a PDF that can be e-mailed. I am not so sure that would work in most scenarios I use this for as they are batch jobs that run as part of the night run.

Is there a way to format margins? This works great, but it would be nice to pad the document with white space. I am generating my file that is sent directly to the printer. The default action after a spool file is printed is that it is deleted.

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Update I have received several communications informing me that you can use the Operation Navigator to convert a spool file to a PDF file. Labels: cl , programming. Sreedhar iSeries follower March 26, at AM. Ron Deardorff March 26, at AM. Bob Cancilla March 26, at PM. Juan Dragone March 26, at PM. Moti March 27, at AM. Simon Hutchinson March 27, at PM. Moti April 1, at AM. Thanks again. Give the DOC a subject line Code:.

December 7, , AM. This part works great! I would like to get this file to the PC so it can be displayed by Acrobat. You can just put it on the windows network. I agree with Arrow heres some detail You could also create a website on the Iseries and from your companies Intranet connect to Iseries website.

Your page would run by date and then you can create the links to your PDF documents on the fly using iseries tables and API to generate webpages on the fly. There are a couple of examples on the site that can help you with this Please keep us in the loop as to your progress Thanks Jamie Code:.

Getting closer I created a shared folder and mapped the drive. I also set up text conversion for file type. I tried with and without the test conversion but neither worked.

I didn't specify format PDF on the cvt2cmd. Southern Illinois I live in Carterville and work in Carbondale. About an hour from the southern tip of Illinois. Nice to have a fellow Illinois-ian on board Take care March 30th, I am not so sure that would work too most scenarios I use this for as they are batch jobs that run as part of the night run.

CPF Duplicate job names found. As I have used the asterisk after the folder name the command displays all of the files in the folder:. Anonymous November 13, at Where allowed to run: I have received several communications informing me that you can use the Operation Navigator to convert a spool file to a PDF file. This is a required parameter. Search for:. Skip to content.