The CREATE command reads the specified spool file and creates the PDF document.
Each spool file page will cause a new PDF page to be created. Use appropriate font size, leading, and printer file options to fit the spool file page on a single PDF document page.
A spool file of 132 columns and 57 lines per page can fit on an A4 landscape page using a font size of 8 and leading of 8.5.
To accommodate the large number of keywords, a working list can be used to pass a list of keywords. Create a working list with two fields, the first field containing the keyword and the second field containing its value. Add an entry for each keyword required. Any keyword specified directly on the command will take precedence over a corresponding keyword entry in the working list. Refer to the examples to see how this works.
Syntax:
Command | Keyword | Value | Developer notes |
CREATE | DOCUMENT | value | Required. File path. |
NAME | value | Required. Spool file name. | |
NUMBER | integer | Required. Spool file number. | |
JOBNAME | value | Required. Spool file job name. | |
JOBUSER | value | Required. Spool file job user. | |
JOBNUMBER | value | Required. Spool file job number. | |
PASSWORD | password | Optional. A password can be associated with the generated PDF file to restrict the opening of the document. The password is case sensitive. | |
MASTER | password | Optional. If a master password is associated with the PDF document, this password must be supplied before you can set or change security settings. The master password is case sensitive. | |
AUTHOR | value | Optional. A text string to indicate the author of the PDF document. | |
TITLE | value | Optional. A text string to be used as the title of the generated PDF document. | |
SUBJECT | value | Optional. A text string to indicate what the generated PDF document is about. | |
KEYWORDS | value | Optional. One or more words can be supplied to assist with searching for a PDF document. Keywords can be looked at as categories you can use to group similar or related documents. | |
CREATOR | value | Optional. A text value to indicate who created the PDF document. | |
ENCODING | *HPT | Default. Use automatic host print transform conversion. | |
*CSF | Use automatic copy to stream file conversion. | ||
Code page | Use specified code page for stream file conversion. | ||
FONT | *AUTO | Default. Auto select font. | |
*COURIER | Courier (Cp1252). | ||
*COURIER2 | Courier (Cp1250). | ||
*COURIER3 | Courier (Cp1257). | ||
*COURIER4 | User defined true type font. | ||
*MINCHO | Japanese HeiseiMin-W3. | ||
*GOTHIC | Japanese HeiseiKakuGo-W5. | ||
*MTSANSWT | Monotype Sans Duospace WT. | ||
*MTSANSWTIN | Monotype Sans Duospace WT IN. | ||
*MTSANSWTJ | Monotype Sans Duospace WT J. | ||
*MTSANSWTJEA | Monotype Sans Duospace WT J EA. | ||
*MTSANSWTK | Monotype Sans Duospace WT K. | ||
*MTSANSWTKEA | Monotype Sans Duospace WT K EA. | ||
*MTSANSWTME | Monotype Sans Duospace WT ME. | ||
*MTSANSWTSC | Monotype Sans Duospace WT SC. | ||
*MTSANSWTSCEA | Monotype Sans Duospace WT SC EA | ||
*MTSANSWTTC | Monotype Sans Duospace WT TC. | ||
*MTSANSWTTCEA | Monotype Sans Duospace WT TC EA. | ||
*MTSANSWTTCTWEA | Monotype Sans Duospace WT TC TW EA. | ||
*MTSANSEXTB | Monotype Sans Duospace Ext B. | ||
*THRNDWT | Thorndale Duospace WT. | ||
*THRNDWTJ | Thorndale Duospace WT J. | ||
*THRNDWTK | Thorndale Duospace WT K. | ||
*THRNDWTME | Thorndale Duospace WT ME. | ||
*THRNDWTSC | Thorndale Duospace WT SC. | ||
*THRNDWTTC | Thorndale Duospace WT TC. | ||
*SIMSUN | Simplified Chinese. | ||
*DFKAISB | Traditional Chinese. | ||
*MINGLIU | Traditional Chinese and HKSCS. | ||
*BATANG | Korean. | ||
*COURIERNEW | European. | ||
FONTSIZE | numeric | Optional. The font size in points. | |
LEADING | numeric | Optional. Allows you to control the blank space before each line in the PDF document. | |
PAGES | n,n | Optional. A comma separated list of single page numbers and/or page ranges. | |
PAGETYPE | *TEXT | Default. Generates pages in text format. The FONT, FONTSIZE and LEADING keywords control the text output. | |
*IMAGE | Generates pages in TIFF G4 format. The SCALING keyword controls the percentage scaling of the image. | ||
PAGESIZE | *A4 | Default. The page size for the generated PDF document. | |
*A0 to *A10 | |||
*B0 to *B5 | |||
*LETTER | |||
*HALFLETTER | |||
*LEDGER | |||
*LEGAL | |||
*NOTE | |||
width, height | Custom size. | ||
SCALING | n | The percentage scaling to be applied to the generated page image. | |
MARGIN | left, right, top, bottom | Optional. Page margins are the blank space around the edges of the page. | |
ORIENTATION | *PORTRAIT | Default. Page orientation. | |
*LANDSCAPE | |||
APPEND | *YES | Optional. Append the created spooled file pages to the existing document | |
*NO | Default. |
ENCODING – Code page values:
Cp37 Cp273 Cp277 Cp278 Cp280 Cp284 Cp285 Cp297 Cp420 Cp423 Cp424 Cp500 Cp838 Cp870 Cp871 Cp875 Cp880 Cp905 | Cp930 Cp933 Cp935 Cp937 Cp939 Cp1025 Cp1026 Cp1112 Cp1122 Cp1123 Cp1130 Cp1140 Cp1141 Cp1142 Cp1143 Cp1144 Cp1145 Cp1146 | Cp1147 Cp1148 Cp1149 Cp1153 Cp1154 Cp1155 Cp1156 Cp1157 Cp1158 Cp1160 Cp1164 Cp1371 Cp1388 Cp1399 Cp4971 Cp5026 Cp5035 |
Example
CREATE DOCUMENT(/folder/file.pdf) PAGES(4-5) PAGESIZE(*A4) FONT(*COURIER) ENCODING(*CSF) ORIENTATION(*LANDSCAPE) #WRKLST(PDFKEY,PDFVALUE)