We use TXT2PDF all the time in our Z/VM environment. We did make a minor change to have the PDF open with bookmarks visable.
You have done an excellent job Leland. Thanks. ____________________ Jim Hughes 603-271-5586 "It is fun to do the impossible." ==>-----Original Message----- ==>From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On ==>Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==>Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:32 PM ==>To: [email protected] ==>Subject: Opinions needed on next version of TXT2PDF ==> ==>Hi Folks, ==> ==>I haven't done much with TXT2PDF for like 3 years(!), but I finally got ==>the itch ==>to play with it again and have added 2 new features that ppl have asked ==>for in ==>the past: ==> ==>TrueType font embedding ==>Unicode mapping ==> ==>The first one, of course, allows you to use most TrueType fonts in your ==>PDFs. ==>Just upload them to the mainframe as variable record files and use the ==>new ==>XFONT parameters. Aside from the obvious benefit of being able to spiff ==>up the ==>reports even more, you also get proper character spacing for proportional ==>fonts. ==> And yes, barcode fonts should be usable too. Font subsetting will be ==>available ==>in the next release. ==> ==>I added the Unicode mapping option to use in combination with the font ==>embedding ==>as it allows you to map single byte characters to any unicode character. ==>I ==>chose to use the UCM file format since there are many well maintained ==>ones at ==>www.icu.org. ==> ==>But, half way through adding the mapping option, I realized that it could ==>also ==>be used instead of the character translation tables that can be fed to ==>TXT2PDF ==>to allow converting input text from one codepage to one usable in a PDF. ==> ==>This would mean that the input text would no longer be converted...it ==>would ==>remain exactly the same as the original input. The mapping would be ==>embedded ==>within the PDF and the viewer (Acrobat Reader) would do the translation ==>before ==>display. ==> ==>So, my question is should I allow for this type of usage? If so, should ==>I ==>remove the translation tables entirely or should I give the user the ==>option of ==>using either one or both? ==> ==>I guess another couple of questions would be to ask if anyone even uses ==>TXT2PDF ==>anymore and if they have ever mucked about with the translation tables? ==> ==>Thanks, ==> ==>Leland
