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How Does the AFP-TO-PDF Transform Work?

When CA View receives a request to transform an AFP report to PDF, it does the following:

1. Opens the input file and obtains the input file attributes.
2. Reads the transform parameters from DDname A2PDPARM.
3. Establishes an MVS Window Services (DIV) environment for caching the output PDF file.
4. Calls the Xenos Group High Speed Printer Developer Kit to:
   • Read the AFP input file
   • Perform the transformation using inline AFP resources
   • Cache the PDF output file using MVS Window Services (DIV)
5. Closes the AFP file.

   As CA Output Management Web Viewer requests the report data, CA View returns blocks of PDF-format data instead of the original ACIF stream.

6. Closes the Window Services environment, discarding the PDF file after it has been saved to the PC.