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Subject:	Re: Is there a formula to convert Cobol comp fields to readable format?
From:	Greg Terterian <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:13:03 -0500
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Friend of mine asked me if I can:

<< Can you ask our HP buddies and find out what the formula is to convert comp fields to readable format 
 
I know what its doing but I just don’t get the formula 
I know it is packing the information into 4 bytes for example 5500 = 7)
 
How to get something into pure binary form 

I am trying to read the 100 byte string which contains some packed fields (I do have the layout) in Visual Basic and need to update SQL from VB>>

Any ideas or directions will be highly appreciated.

Thank you
Greg
 

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