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<<< Corrected Comment >>> While this RFE also mentions PDF versions, as well as the PDF format, we consider this to be a duplicate of RFE 121246.
The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a high priority requirement that is important to be addressed. Staying current with PDF formats is critical. Later versions have newer features that companies would like to use.
Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community, and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac
For more details about CAAC's role with RFEs, see http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/May-2017/COMMON-Americas-Advisory-Council-%28CAAC%29-and-RFEs/
Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Print
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Application Development
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a HIGH priority requirement that is important to address.
Staying current with IBM i is essential; staying current within that software version within that version is also critical. For IBM i to be part of clients a long term archiving solution, to the ability to create PDF files as type PDF/A is a must.
Background: The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CEAC has a crucial role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
To find out how CEAC help to shape the future of IBM i, see CEAC @ ibm.biz/BdYSYj and the article "The Five Hottest IBM i RFEs Of The Quarter" at ibm.biz/BdYSZT
Therese Eaton – CEAC Program Manager, IBM
Rudi,
As current as possible is normally the best. From a business perspective is a version that support PDF/A the most important thing.
Same as https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=138230
Hello Mats,
As staying current with IBM i is important, staying current within that software version within that version is also important. I found an Adobe document dated 2001 which tells about what the changes are between those version. In the RFE you suggest that a higher version then 1.4 is also fine. So I wonder if you have any idea if a higher version is better or the current highest?
In this link I learned that in 2011 version 1.7 saw the light: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Portable_Document_Format_(PDF)
What do you think version 1.4 or 1.7?
Greetings Rudi