On Sep 23, 2005, at 1:29 PM, Gray, Larry - Larry A wrote:
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Seems to me that a .PDF should "qualify" as an "unstructured" character
string of arbitrary length, as far as JES is concerned. Whatever
utility we
use to "copy" it could "break it up" into, e.g., fixed-length records
of
(say) LRECL=133 and a suitable block size, which it indeed does.
"Problem"
is that when it writes the fixed-length records, "something" is
prefixing
each record with an ANSI carriage-control character. From yours and
other
replies, I gather that it is not possible to "copy" the .PDF in the way
we
want if the target dataset is a SYSOUT dataset. So, it looks like
we'll
have to code a VPS exit to "strip" the first byte off each record to
"reassemble" the original .PDF file.
-jc-
John,
I believe (but could not find the reference) to a Program" written in
Chicago that allowed you to display (possibly) and print a PDF file on
the MF.
I looked at small doc (3 x5) card and it said it could do it. I tossed
the card.
I am not saying it can't (or can be) done. I just remember seeing a
flyer on doing it. I wish I could be of more use . Baring that .. even
if it could be done with AFP I would think that any images in the PDF
could be LARGE. My vague recollections (years ago) is that it could be
done but would require a fair amount of code to produce a printout. Of
course there are issues about fonts The ones we use on our PC's are not
necessarily available on the MF.
Ed
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