Gavin Darren writes: >IBM InfoPrint Product has an Optional service that can be purchased that >can spool print files directly to PDF documents, and also convert files >to PDF's. >However it's expensive ($550 a month is what we were quoted) >So we ended up using TXT2PDF as it was no charge. >The only issue we have seen with it, as it's interpreted and not >compiled REXX, is that it uses a lot of CPU on larger files. We limit >its use to small reporting tasks because of that.
I'm pretty sure Infoprint is not interpreted, so is it "expensive"? :-) For perspective, it appears Infoprint Transform for AFP to PDF (5655-P20) is one of those few FWLC (Flat WLC) products. That is, your monthly charge doesn't vary with the size of your system. So if you've got a System z9 EC with 54 CPs, it's still the same price. Strange but true. For some additional perspective, I did a quick search on Adobe LiveCycle PDF Generator pricing. That's the notable commercial server product that runs on, say, UNIX, and generates PDF files. It may be worth every penny, but, wow, IBM's product is quite reasonable. Actually, leaving all that aside, the real reason I replied is to ask whether it would be possible to use the REXX Compiler on TXT2PDF. That might solve your problem. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
