RE: PDF's on IFS

[David Baugh <davidb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes I can open .txt files using Notepad in the same directory. I also tried pulling a pdf from the Windows environment into the same /tmp directory to see if it could be opened and it can.

David Baugh

Data Processing

Deans & Homer

340 Pine Street 2nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

415-421-8332 x231

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From: ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:16 AM
To: HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects
Subject: Re: PDF's on IFS

That should work fine. Are you sharing /tmp using Netserver? AFAIK, Windows should just look at the extension and invoke the correct program. Can you pull up .txt files using Notepad from the same /tmp directory?

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 8:41 PM, David Baugh <davidb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   Hi All,
>
>
>   I have successfully incorporated Scott's FULLELEM program to take an
>   XML input stream containing a .pdf, and write the .pdf to the IFS.
>   Beyond that,  I'm fumbling with what to do next...
>
>
>   If I browse to the file in the associated Windows directory
>   (/tmp/fname.pdf), Adobe won't recognize my file, but if I FTP it or
>   drag it out of iSeries Navigator to my desktop it's fine.
>
>
>   In the Ideal World the RPG code would create it in the IFS as a file
>   viewable by Adobe. Does FTP need to create the PDF on the windows 
> side
>   to give Adobe the attributes it requires on the file? (where 
> currently
>   there are no useable attributes) ?
>
>
>   Can someone explain why this step is necessary? If this is possible 
> in
>   RPG, has anyone had any success?
>
>
>   Thanks in advance.
>
>
>   David Baugh
>
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