Here is a command file I created for SDTODIF.
Note the notes for JCW values.


PARM SDFILE, DIFFILE, DOMAIN=1
#domain: 1=perm 2=temp
   comment Uses msg file CSDTODIF.PUB.SYS
   RUN SDTODIF.PUB.SYS;INFO="!SDFILE, !DIFFILE, !DOMAIN"

   IF DIFERROR <> 0 OR DIFWARN <> 0 THEN
      ECHO  Error !DIFERROR   Warn !DIFWARN
   ENDIF
#
#JCW DIFERROR
#  1  can't open CSDTODIF.PUB.SYS
#  2  CSDTODIF.PUB.SYS Genmessage file system error
#  3  Missing message or set in CSDTODIF
#  4  Illegal default language
#  5  Unsupported DIF file language
#  6  Unsupported SD file language
#  7  No columns to output from SD file
#  8  Input file is not an SD file
#  9  SD file is empty
#  10 SD file record size is greater than input buffer (4096 bytes)
#  11 SD file has more thatn 255 fields
#  12 FREAD error on reading SD file
#  13 Could not open DIF file
#  14 Error writing to DIF file
#  15 Out of file space writing to DIF file
#  16 Duplicate file name for DIF file
#  17 Could not close DIF file
#  18 an SD intrinsic call failed
#  19 FGETINFO failed on SD file
# 100 no info string to SDTODIF
# 101 A required parameter is missing from info string
# 102 Invalid save status on DIF file
# 103 Failed open of SD file
#
#JCW DIFWARN
#  1  SD file saved as temp file
#  2  one or more fields in SD file had one of these problems
#     field type 10 compound data item -- ignored
#     field type 1  ascii > 255 -- truncated to 255 chars
#     field len not compatible with type -- ignored
#     invalid field type (valid:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10) -- ignored
#
#RUN SDTODIF.PUB.SYS;INFO="SDfile,DIFfile,Savestats 1=perm,2=temp"
#

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 Keven Miller   KC7LYD
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