Re: File transfer from AS/400 received garbage.

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I create a physical file out of report spool file then transfer it out
>using Client Access but it gives me these non-sense language, a whole
>bunch of alphabets and number line up line by line.
>
>I did go in the cwbtfr.ini and change the ForceTranslation = 1
>
>I received the following:
>
>F140404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404
>0404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040
>
>What did I do wrong or what else do I need to do?  TIA.
>
>Gratefully,  Vuong.



The character string is the numeral  1  (F1) followed by a string of blanks
(40).  This is EBCDIC coding.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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