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  Asked: Apr 14 2005   1:23 PM GMT
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I am sending some zipped files to a server, using IBM FTP CS V1R4(exec pgm=ftp). Is it possible to FTP a file in PDF format or some other more printable format than text?


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I am sending some zipped files to a server, using IBM FTP CS V1R4(exec pgm=ftp). I am executing cobol and ftp programs...Is there any possibility of returning the reports as PDF files (or some other more printable format than text). I mean when a user opens a zipped file they want to see PDF file, not txt. Currently, I ftp the zipped files, and when a user opens the zipped file it is in .TXT format....
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Last Answered: Apr 14 2005  2:05 PM GMT  by Howard2nd




A- Yes it is possible to zip a pdf file.

B- IBM FTP doesn't care what the file format is, it will transfer .txt, .asc, .zip, .exe, almost any file.

C- It will even hadle .pdf files. The trick is in creation of the 'PDF'. On a PC you set a PDFwriter as a printer option and print the file to 'PDF'.

D- Not being old enough to know COBOL that well, my question is "Can you batch the output to a third program or does anyone know of a 'PDFwriter' for the '400'?
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master6  |   Apr 14 2005  2:24PM GMT

Thanks a lot for the reply…
Yes, i know that the trick is in creation of the PDF file…but i am doing it in mainframe. That’s why I would like to know what steps should be taken to zip a file in mainframe into a PDF format and then ftp that file?
Any jelp is appreciated….Thanks again…

 

master6  |   May 23 2005  10:53AM GMT

Hi. I am sending some zipped files to a server, using IBM FTP CS V1R4(exec pgm=ftp). I am executing cobol and ftp programs…I need to FTP a file in some printable format. Is there any possibility of returning report files in some other more printable format than text. It isn’t necessary to be a PDF file. As i know of, the average compression to txt file is about 97%, zipping to a PDF file will cause to lose an efficiency of compression. What cam be used to save the efficiency.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

cglancy  |   Jul 9 2005  4:36AM GMT

If your organization will allow it, you can use CutePDF to create a pdf file - <a href="http://www.cutepdf.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cutepdf.com/</a>

I’ve used the free version and it works just fine. Once the report/file is on your PC or LAN simply send the report/file to print through the normal Windows PC method (menu, File -> Print), change the printer destination to point to the ‘cutepdf’ printer (gets defined during installation). Cutepdf converts the output to a pds file instead of physically printing it. Then you can zip the pdf file created, FTP it, & your user’s will be happy (& impressed).

Hope this helps!