Try to create your document and then convert it to PDF with Perl as a post process.
Perl has free PDF modules. It would be about 100 lines of code and its free + your labor. Shan Shan Harter Systrends USA. Vice President - Project Management Tempe Arizona, 85284 ph: 480-756-6777 Ext 205, fax: 480-756-9755, cell: 602-821-2951 alt: 480-626-7726 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Samantha Scott Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 10:02 AM To: Carl Johnson Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Gentran:Server question I've done similar things with Gentran NT Server years ago. Gentran doesn't do that, per se, but if you apply some creativity and some external utilities many things are possible. What gentran does is allow you to map to whatever sort of layout you like, which would be your report layout, and it allows you to export that anywhere you are able and name it however you like. It will also schedule executables to run on a schedule or triggered by the presence of a file in a particular place. The possibilities abound. For instance, I used to map an 820 to a report layout and save it with a .xls extension in a folder for accounting to view it. We also had a folder where I could drop any file with certain mail format headers in the first 3-4 lines and a utility program would come along, read the mail headers and send an email with that content. With a combination of application macros that run automatically and batch files kicked off by the scheduler in gentran, its do-able. Not always pretty, but functional. I am not sure if Adobe has macro functionality like that. Its been 4-5 years since I owned a full copy of the program with all the good toys. Currently I have gentran NT kick off script files that execute some interesting stuff but we also have GIS so we use that for emails and PDF's. I'm sure your client's Sterling rep will love to sell them GIS on that basis! ;-) That conversion could keep you gainfully employed for years! On 10/13/06, Carl Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a department that wants a word or pdf formatted file created > from the inbound X12 850 and email it to internal users. Has anyone > done anything like this with Gentran:Server? > > Thanks > > Carl > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
