Intermate iSeries, i5, AS/400 manual APF3812Mail/Log, APF3812Mail/MergeLog APF3812Mail/OutBox

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Password protection and/or digital signature of the PDF file requires a purchase of the PDF security module for InterForm400.

The subject and message is used for the e-mail. The End of line escape character parameter states which characters are to be interpreted as an end-of-line code in the message field (used only for e-mails).

Resources that can be used for PDF output

If you want to insert images, you can insert TIFF images (B/W images) converted to PCL5 or BMP images (color images) in the overlay. You can also insert JPEG images from IFS. But note, that you can only insert JPEG images by inserting &&IMG *COLOR commands in the merged spool file (see page 392.).

Design elements entered in overlay design e.g. frames, lines, shadings etc. are also supported for PDF output.

PCL files and can not be used for PDF output (They are ignored if included in the overlay).

Fonts used in PDF output

When referring to specific type faces which e.g. normally could be printer resident type faces, the type faces are converted as follows:

Proportional Type faces (fonts) like 52, 4148, 4168, 16602, 24580 and 24607 are printed as Arial.

Proportional Type faces (fonts) like 5, 4101, 4113, 4197, 16901, 24591, 24623, 24703 and 25093 are printed as Times New Roman.

Courier is used for all fonts with fixed width.

If you want to use other type faces, you have to install the font as a True Type Font (TTF). See page 289.

IFS directories used by MRGSPLFPDF

When using the MRGSPLFPDF command, a directory called APF3812Mail is created in IFS. Inside the APF3812Mail directory another 3 directories are created:

APF3812Mail/Log

If you specify SAVE(*YES) in order to save the e-mail, the e-mail will be saved as an Outlook mail in this directory.

APF3812Mail/MergeLog

In earlier versions of InterForm400® a copy of each created PDF file was saved in this directory. It is a good idea to clean up this directory.

APF3812Mail/OutBox

This directory holds the e-mails, that can not be sent, if e.g. the Mail Server Framework is not started. This can be started with the command: STRMSF.

APF3812Mail/PDFtemp

Directory for temporary work files used when creating PDF files. Used files are automatically deleted.

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