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    CPYSPLF of a spooled file with overlay to PDF in IFS. Overlay gets cut off!

    Hello everyone,

    We're on V7R1 on our iSeries, and I'm having a problem with CPYSPLF to copy a spooled file with an overlay into the IFS, converting it to a PDF. FYI - we have installed PTF SI43471.

    The document prints landscape, and looks terrific, except the overlay is cut off. If I print the spooled file the entire overlay is present. But in the PDF file the overlay stops around position 158 - 160.

    Here is the print override in the CL.

    OVRPRTF FILE(CSTMTPRT) TOFILE(CSTMTPRT) +
    DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) PAGESIZE(68 220) LPI(8) +
    CPI(12) OVRFLW(60) FONT(281) PAGRTT(90) +
    DUPLEX(*YES) FRONTOVL(CMLIB/AGTSTMTO 0 +
    .08) BACKOVL(CMLIB/AGTSTMTO 0 .08) +
    OUTQ(KMITCHEPRT) FORMTYPE('Agts Stmts') +
    SAVE(*YES) USRDTA(COMMSTMTW) +
    SECURE(*YES)

    And here is the CPYSPLF command I'm using:

    CPYSPLF FILE(CSTMTPRT) TOFILE(*TOSTMF) JOB(823273/KMITCHELL/ITKGA) SPLNBR(000014) TOSTMF('/home/kmitchell/CPYSPLFtest.pdf') WSCST(*PDF)

    It all seems pretty straight forward, but I'm clueless as to why the whole overlay isn't appearing in the PDF.

    Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

    Thanks,

    Kim
    Tags: cpysplf, ifs, overlay, pdf
  • #2
    Re: CPYSPLF of a spooled file with overlay to PDF in IFS. Overlay gets cut off!

    Hi Kim:

    I don't know what the solution is but cpysplf will not copy the overlay.
    Try the same command copying to a physical file.....

    There are programs (free) that will do that spltotiff or spl2tiff comes to mind but I may be mistaken on the name.

    Best of Luck
    GLS
    The problem with quotes on the internet is that it is hard to verify their authenticity.....Abraham Lincoln

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    • #3
      Re: CPYSPLF of a spooled file with overlay to PDF in IFS. Overlay gets cut off!

      Thanks, GLS. I've tried Help System's ESEND command CPYSPLIFS, and while I get the whole overlay, the resulting PDF is huge. So I figured I'd go with the enhanced CPYSPLF.

      I appreciate your response. One question comes to mind, though -- why do I get part of the overlay? Bizarre.

      Thanks again,

      Kim

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      • #4
        Re: CPYSPLF of a spooled file with overlay to PDF in IFS. Overlay gets cut off!

        Change your OVRPRTF to this and try it:

        OVRPRTF FILE(CSTMTPRT) TOFILE(CSTMTPRT) +
        DEVTYPE(*AFPDS) PAGESIZE(68 220) LPI(8) +
        CPI(12) OVRFLW(60) FONT(281) PAGRTT(90) +
        DUPLEX(*YES) FRONTOVL(CMLIB/AGTSTMTO 0 +
        .08) BACKOVL(CMLIB/AGTSTMTO 0 .08) +
        TOSTMF(&ISFPATH) WSCST(*PDF)

        Where &IFSPATH is something similiar:
        ChgVar Var(&MyIFS) Value('/QDLS/CDBURN/' || &User)
        ChgVar Var(&IfsPath) Value(&MyIFS *TCAT '/ABSUM.PDF') <== you have to give your spool file a name and indicate the .PDF

        If you have everything installed on your iSeries correctly this should work. I just got this to work a few weeks ago - mine doesn't have an overlay but from everything I read this should still work.

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        • #5
          Re: CPYSPLF of a spooled file with overlay to PDF in IFS. Overlay gets cut off!

          Thanks, NYCountryGal - it wound up being a PTF problem - we were missing PTFs SI44072 and SI43764. As soon as they were applied, everything works just great.

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