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Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

Hi Bob,

if you are doing it from D3, then :
1. create the relevent printer for PDF (if not done already)

2. set your printer to the PDF "printer" / creator

3. enter  COPY <file> <item> (p<other options>

If from Windows using a DOS command window :

1. in Windows, set the PDF printer / creator as your default
2. in the DOS / CMD window enter  (I think)  PRINT <file>      where <file> can be the full path

Regards,

Warwick

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

Hi Bob,

if you are doing it from D3, then :
1. create the relevent printer for PDF (if not done already)

2. set your printer to the PDF "printer" / creator

3. enter  COPY <file> <item> (p<other options>

If from Windows using a DOS command window :

1. in Windows, set the PDF printer / creator as your default
2. in the DOS / CMD window enter  (I think)  PRINT <file>      where <file> can be the full path

Regards,

Warwick

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

We have been using PCL2PDF software sucessfully for many years.

We use the same programs as to print to a PCL laser printer the report; but, we capture the print being generated.

Then use the command line as instructed to convert it to PDF

Hi Bob,

if you are doing it from D3, then :
1. create the relevent printer for PDF (if not done already)

2. set your printer to the PDF "printer" / creator

3. enter  COPY <file> <item> (p<other options>

If from Windows using a DOS command window :

1. in Windows, set the PDF printer / creator as your default
2. in the DOS / CMD window enter  (I think)  PRINT <file>      where <file> can be the full path

Regards,

Warwick

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

PCL2PDF creates the PDF file just fine, but it hangs up the d3 port it's running on.  When I run it at the command line, it warns me this file is not in standard PCF format, and prompts me to click OK.  How do I get it to exit gracefully?

- Bob

We have been using PCL2PDF software sucessfully for many years.

We use the same programs as to print to a PCL laser printer the report; but, we capture the print being generated.

Then use the command line as instructed to convert it to PDF

Hi Bob,

if you are doing it from D3, then :
1. create the relevent printer for PDF (if not done already)

2. set your printer to the PDF "printer" / creator

3. enter  COPY <file> <item> (p<other options>

If from Windows using a DOS command window :

1. in Windows, set the PDF printer / creator as your default
2. in the DOS / CMD window enter  (I think)  PRINT <file>      where <file> can be the full path

Regards,

Warwick

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

PCL2PDF creates the PDF file just fine, but it hangs up the d3 port it's running on.  When I run it at the command line, it warns me this file is not in standard PCF format, and prompts me to click OK.  How do I get it to exit gracefully?

- Bob

We have been using PCL2PDF software sucessfully for many years.

We use the same programs as to print to a PCL laser printer the report; but, we capture the print being generated.

Then use the command line as instructed to convert it to PDF

Hi Bob,

if you are doing it from D3, then :
1. create the relevent printer for PDF (if not done already)

2. set your printer to the PDF "printer" / creator

3. enter  COPY <file> <item> (p<other options>

If from Windows using a DOS command window :

1. in Windows, set the PDF printer / creator as your default
2. in the DOS / CMD window enter  (I think)  PRINT <file>      where <file> can be the full path

Regards,

Warwick

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

From the ensuing discussion I assume you're on Windows.

I have a very small, very crude program that was originally written in 1996 that will take text and create a PDF (it is called text2pdf and it runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS, and probably can be compiled with little trouble for any other OS you might like to try!). It does no fancy formatting, it doesn't even produce a compressed PDF at the end, but it will produce a PDF from text if that's all you need.

Beyond this there are many options available I'm sure, but I avoid using Windows so can probably only offer further thoughts for *nix systems!

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

Sounds great - can you send me a copy?

From the ensuing discussion I assume you're on Windows.

I have a very small, very crude program that was originally written in 1996 that will take text and create a PDF (it is called text2pdf and it runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS, and probably can be compiled with little trouble for any other OS you might like to try!). It does no fancy formatting, it doesn't even produce a compressed PDF at the end, but it will produce a PDF from text if that's all you need.

Beyond this there are many options available I'm sure, but I avoid using Windows so can probably only offer further thoughts for *nix systems!

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

Hi Bob,

I can't figure out how to attach the text2pdf.exe file to this message, so if you can reply with your email address I'll attach it to an email (it's a tiny file but I would ZIP it before sending it as some mail filters object to executable files being sent in emails). If you run it from the command line (e.g. Windows PowerShell), you can give it the "-h" flag to see the help which then shows this:

Sounds great - can you send me a copy?

From the ensuing discussion I assume you're on Windows.

I have a very small, very crude program that was originally written in 1996 that will take text and create a PDF (it is called text2pdf and it runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS, and probably can be compiled with little trouble for any other OS you might like to try!). It does no fancy formatting, it doesn't even produce a compressed PDF at the end, but it will produce a PDF from text if that's all you need.

Beyond this there are many options available I'm sure, but I avoid using Windows so can probably only offer further thoughts for *nix systems!

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

bob@synapse-cs.com

Thanks!

Hi Bob,

I can't figure out how to attach the text2pdf.exe file to this message, so if you can reply with your email address I'll attach it to an email (it's a tiny file but I would ZIP it before sending it as some mail filters object to executable files being sent in emails). If you run it from the command line (e.g. Windows PowerShell), you can give it the "-h" flag to see the help which then shows this:

Sounds great - can you send me a copy?

From the ensuing discussion I assume you're on Windows.

I have a very small, very crude program that was originally written in 1996 that will take text and create a PDF (it is called text2pdf and it runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS, and probably can be compiled with little trouble for any other OS you might like to try!). It does no fancy formatting, it doesn't even produce a compressed PDF at the end, but it will produce a PDF from text if that's all you need.

Beyond this there are many options available I'm sure, but I avoid using Windows so can probably only offer further thoughts for *nix systems!

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

Sent! Let me know here if it doesn't show up!

bob@synapse-cs.com

Thanks!

Hi Bob,

I can't figure out how to attach the text2pdf.exe file to this message, so if you can reply with your email address I'll attach it to an email (it's a tiny file but I would ZIP it before sending it as some mail filters object to executable files being sent in emails). If you run it from the command line (e.g. Windows PowerShell), you can give it the "-h" flag to see the help which then shows this:

Sounds great - can you send me a copy?

From the ensuing discussion I assume you're on Windows.

I have a very small, very crude program that was originally written in 1996 that will take text and create a PDF (it is called text2pdf and it runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS, and probably can be compiled with little trouble for any other OS you might like to try!). It does no fancy formatting, it doesn't even produce a compressed PDF at the end, but it will produce a PDF from text if that's all you need.

Beyond this there are many options available I'm sure, but I avoid using Windows so can probably only offer further thoughts for *nix systems!

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

Hi Bob,

I needed a simple way to go from text to pdf a few years back and couldn't find a simple solution.

I did find a PS2PDF (Postscript) and was able to implement it.

I haven't really explored the postscript possibilities because a simple text PDF is fine for our needs, but I believe there are a wealth of possibilities.

a              = @AM
v              = @VM
c              = CHAR( 13 ) : CHAR( 10 )
l              = CHAR( 10 )
t              = CHAR( 9 )
UnixPath       = '/u/home/lance/'

OPEN UnixPath TO h_home ELSE STOP

heading     = '""'                  ;! Page header - Left blank for my use
txt_name    = 'Txt2Pdf-Test.txt'
ps_name     = 'Txt2Pdf-Test.ps'
pdf_name    = 'Txt2Pdf-Test.pdf'

report      = 'Some data to write to text file' : c : 'With two lines of text.' 
WRITE report TO h_home, txt_name

cmd  = '!cd ' : UnixPath : l
cmd := 'enscript -b ' : heading  : ' --margins=0:0:0:0 -f Courier10 -F Courier10 -p ' : ps_name  : ' ' : txt_name : ' >/dev/null 2>&1' : l
cmd := 'ps2pdf '      : ps_name  : ' ' : pdf_name : ' >/dev/null 2>&1' : l
cmd := 'cp -f '       : pdf_name : ' ' : pdf_name : ' >/dev/null 2>&1' : l
cmd := 'rm -f ' : txt_name : l
cmd := 'rm -f ' : ps_name : l

EXECUTE cmd CAPTURING abc

Hope this helps...

Lance

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob

Hi Bob,

I needed a simple way to go from text to pdf a few years back and couldn't find a simple solution.

I did find a PS2PDF (Postscript) and was able to implement it.

I haven't really explored the postscript possibilities because a simple text PDF is fine for our needs, but I believe there are a wealth of possibilities.

a              = @AM
v              = @VM
c              = CHAR( 13 ) : CHAR( 10 )
l              = CHAR( 10 )
t              = CHAR( 9 )
UnixPath       = '/u/home/lance/'

OPEN UnixPath TO h_home ELSE STOP

heading     = '""'                  ;! Page header - Left blank for my use
txt_name    = 'Txt2Pdf-Test.txt'
ps_name     = 'Txt2Pdf-Test.ps'
pdf_name    = 'Txt2Pdf-Test.pdf'

report      = 'Some data to write to text file' : c : 'With two lines of text.' 
WRITE report TO h_home, txt_name

cmd  = '!cd ' : UnixPath : l
cmd := 'enscript -b ' : heading  : ' --margins=0:0:0:0 -f Courier10 -F Courier10 -p ' : ps_name  : ' ' : txt_name : ' >/dev/null 2>&1' : l
cmd := 'ps2pdf '      : ps_name  : ' ' : pdf_name : ' >/dev/null 2>&1' : l
cmd := 'cp -f '       : pdf_name : ' ' : pdf_name : ' >/dev/null 2>&1' : l
cmd := 'rm -f ' : txt_name : l
cmd := 'rm -f ' : ps_name : l

EXECUTE cmd CAPTURING abc

Hope this helps...

Lance

Can anyone recommend a test-to-pdf conversion program that I can run at the command line?

- Bob