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[fuuss]

Hey Guys and Girls

and again I am facing a problem
I receive multiple PDF's , and I need them to get merged into one big PDF to convert the PDF to AFP
the converting to AFP is not the problem , the problem is how can I handle those multiple PDF's
The pdf files are sent to the Pool , is there a possibility to grab those data and save to a file.


Thanks in advance for the help

Fox

[dick scherrer]

Hello,

The pdf files are sent to the Pool

What is "the Pool"?

I receive multiple PDF's

How are they received?

the problem is how can I handle those multiple PDF's

Define "handle". What are the attributes of these files once they are received (recfm, lrecl, anything else you think would help us help you. . .)?

[fuuss]

Hello

ok so no the pool the spool ( an S can make the whole difference ) so they are sent to the Infoprint Spool,

the question is is there a possibility to get the data from the spool to file , like a print to file in Windows,

I just tried to wrote a JCL to handle those PDF this seems to work ( not perfekt but still keep trying)

[dick scherrer]

Hello,

Yup, an ess might make a difference

Yes, you can copy things from the JES spool to a dataset (i'm not familiar with Infoprint Spool).

How are these files received? If possible, i'd recomend having them arrive as datasets rather than spooled data.

[fuuss]

Hehe that's right , a lot easier to get them as data set but they don't want to , sending them throught ftp would make a big difference,
hehe , so it's another located building , and they only want to push print yeah

hehe so thx for you r quick response

and if somebody know how printing from the spool to a dataset let me know

[dick scherrer]

Hello,

Check out the following. . .

Lionel B. Dyck has a great little tool, SDFSEXT, a generalized SDSF batch tool to extract all or part of your sysout into a dataset - look here http://www.lbdsoftware.com/

If you want to do some testing and are ok with doing it manually, try using XDC from within your tso/sdsf session.

[fuuss]

wow wonderfull info , that give me a lot lecture again

thank you very much for the link ,

[dick scherrer]

You're welcome - good luck

d

[fuuss]

Ok , thanks again for the link but , I don't think it's really that what I want ,
does anybody know if it is possible to create a Virtual Printer that saves it to a file , ass the typical print to file system
I hopw you understand what I mean ,

thanks in advance

Fuuss

[dick scherrer]

Hello,

does anybody know if it is possible to create a Virtual Printer that saves it to a file , ass the typical print to file system. I hopw you understand what I mean ,

Nope, i don't understand. What are you calling a "virtual Printer"? What is "print to file system"?

Might these be unix terms?

If you have jcl that "prints" to the spool, you can re-direct that output to a dataset by simply changing from SYSOUT= to DSN= and adding the other required parameters.

I'm not sure that this is what you are asking though. . .