If you have REXX on your Linux system then Leland's TXT2PDF is an excellent tool for this purpose and it supports carriage control ;->
-------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sametime: (use Lotus Notes address) AIM: lbdyck Tom Duerbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/11/2003 05:05 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Re: PDF files TXT2PDF is what we have been talking about over in the VSE side. But, even the author states that it is limited. VSE2PDF does a much better job and is fairly inexpensive (per the author of txt2pdf). Since, I have Linux as an option, I wanted to explore the varients under Linux. I would think that even the program product from Adobe, may be available for Linux, if not Linux/390. I could jury-rig a lot of things. Star Office may be able to save in PDF format. Bring up Word under Wine (would that be a winey word?) and save in PDF format. There is a package for Windows that allows you to send keystrokes to applications, which would allow for some scripting. But Linux must have a better way. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/11/03 03:54PM >>> There is a Linux package called (surprisingly enough) 'txt2pdf' (it might be 'text2pdf', it's been a while). You should be able to search for it with Google. It is Perl based and written by a couple of gentlemen from Italy. It seemed to work fairly well, but if you want support for mainframe reports (carriage control and such) you had to get the commercial version (which wasn't real expensive). On Monday 11 August 2003 03:13 pm, you wrote: > Back on the VSE Listserv, we have had a lot of discussions about > generating PDF files under VSE. > > Now it is time to get educated about generating PDF files under > Linux/390. > > Is there software available for such a process? > > I'm thinking about routing printouts to Linux and have a Regina > process > pick it up, do the PDF conversion and send it along its way. Doable? > > Second tangent, is there software that can use PDF files and drive an > IP attached printer? And no, I don't mean something that has a gui > screen front end, but something that can be executed within Regina. > > Application for this is.... > > We have been looking at creating green bar overlays for some printouts > (ok so it will be grey bar). > > RSCS has a limit of 255 characters that can be used as a setup string. > VSE also has that limit, but you can optionally code the setup string > in an assembler program, and use that table. This works, but I need > to > cycle the IP stack to make any of these changes. Not the best option. > > So, I'm looking at sending the printouts to another service machine > (it > may end up being a VSE service machine, or it could be a Linux one). > I > would rather it be under RSCS, but RSCS doesn't seem to want to play. > > Thanks > > Tom Duerbusch > THD Consulting -- Rich Smrcina Sr. Systems Engineer Sytek Services, A Division of DSG Milwaukee, WI rsmrcina at wi.rr.com rsmrcina at dsgroup.com Catch the WAVV! Stay for Requirements and the Free for All! Update your S/390 skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. WAVV 2004 in Chattanooga, TN April 30-May 4, 2004 For details see http://www.wavv.org
