Run PDF Report Converter from WinSpool Auto Process

From Support

The WinSpool/400 Auto Process can call the PDF Report Converter as a command line application to convert a report to PDF after it's been downloaded. The WinSpool/400 RTF and HTML Report Converter work similarly, except the Spool File Processing Application would be different.

The most important parameters to be aware of are:

Print Control Characters: Make sure this field is set to *PRTCTL.

Spool Output PC File: Set to a temp file of your choosing. Our example uses: C:\TEMP.SPL

Spool File Processing Application: Set the command line for the PDF Report Converter. The example listed below assumes the PDF Report Converter is located in the C:\Program Files\WSPPDF directory. The input file is the same as the Spool Output PC File, so we will use C:\TEMP.SPL. The output file will be: C:\TEMP.PDF

Example spool file processing command line:

C:\Program Files\WSPPDF\WSPPDF.EXE C:\TEMP.SPL,C:\TEMP.PDF