sending spool pdf through XI to external app

[Former Member]

we are able to produce the .pdf locally from spool files with no problem.

the problem occurs when we try to pass a pdf to XI for transmission to Filenet.

the XI guys say they can't handle .pdf native format - we have to convert to string an encode in 64bit.

so, we convert the pdf table (which is in TLINE format) to a string and run it through FM 'SCMS_BASE64_ENCODE_STR' to 64 bit encode it.

this does allow us to pass the data stream to XI and XI sends to Filenet, however, the resulting document is not readable by Adobe Acrobat.

has anyone been able to send pdf files through XI to an external app?

thanks alot. points will be awarded.

robert.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi robert,

have a look at this weblog

/people/william.li/blog/2006/09/08/how-to-send-any-data-even-binary-through-xi-without-using-the-integration-repository

thanks,

pooja

[Former Member]

This should be possible using sap conversion agent

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/43/4c38c4cf105f85e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm

Bipin

[Former Member]

thanks.. let me add a little more info..

i'm an abapper. is there anything I can do without the aid of the XI team to get this to work?

they already have a webservice in place that other non-SAP systems use to send their pdf files. The XI team wants us to use the same one.