HP3000-L Archives

September 1999, Week 4

HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: COBOL Program Help Needed - Part 2
From:
Twarns <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Twarns <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 29 Sep 1999 00:46:41 GMT
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (14 lines) 
An alternative to using Fcopy there is an HP Intrinsic that can convert EBCDIC
to ASCII.  I have used this in a COBOL program and is especially nice when you
are dealing with multiple record types with Binary or Comp fields in different
places.

Being COBOL you can have more flexibility than FCOPY.

The IBMers think nothing about including binary fields in their files
especially ones that are transmitted between systems.  But only IBM runs EBCDIC
while the rest of the world uses ASCII.

Terry Warns
OakSoft Consulting

ATOM RSS1 RSS2