5 20 6 CREATE

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5.20.6 CREATE

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. Default is 1.
	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. Refer to list of code pages below.
	FONT	*AUTO	Default. Auto select font.
		*COURIER	Courier (Cp1252).
		*COURIER2	Courier (Cp1250).
		*COURIER3	Courier (Cp1257).
		*COURIER4	User defined true type font. Refer. system/courier.ttf.
		*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. Refer. system/simsun.ttc.
		*DFKAISB	Traditional Chinese. Refer. system/kaiu.ttf.
		*MINGLIU	Traditional Chinese and HKSCS. Refer. system/mingliu.ttc.
		*BATANG	Korean. Refer. system/batang.ttc.
		*COURIERNEW	European. Refer. system/cour.ttf
	FONTSIZE	numeric	Optional. The font size in points. The default is 10 points.
	LEADING	numeric	Optional. Allows you to control the blank space before each line in the PDF document. Default is the (FONTSIZE * 1.5).
	PAGES	n,n n-n	Optional. A comma separated list of single page numbers and/or page ranges. The default is to select all pages.
	PAGETYPE	*TEXT	Default. Generates pages in text format. The FONT, FONTSIZE and LEADING keywords control the text output. This is the default value.
	PAGETYPE	*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. The default value is 18.
	MARGIN	left, right, top, bottom	Optional. Page margins are the blank space around the edges of the page. The default value is 36 points (all sides) but you can set your own margins by nominating left, right, top and bottom values.
	ORIENTATION	*PORTRAIT	Default. Page orientation.
*LANDSCAPE	ORIENTATION
APPEND	*YES	Optional. Append the created spooled file pages to the existing document
APPEND	*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)