How to translate characters from english to Latvian

[bvining@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Colin,

Rather than using CPYTOPCD (which is table based and there is no table
for English to Latvian Windows CP), I would suggest using the CPY
command (which is CCSID based).

If you have a file such as VINING/TESTF member TEST which is CCSID
tagged 37, and want to copy it to a stream file in CCSID 1257 (Windows
Baltic Rim), the the following should work:

CPY OBJ('/QSYS.LIB/VINING.LIB/TESTF.FILE/TEST.MBR') TOOBJ('/test')
  FROMCODPAG(37) TOCODEPAGE(1257) DTAFMT(*TEXT)

As a word of warning, I first tried the above using a file tagged 285
(UK English) and discovered there is no mapping shipped with the system
for 285 to 1257 (there are 68 285 to xxx mappings standard in a V4R3
system, but 1257 isn't one of them...); and so used 37.  You may also
want to use 37 for this copy operation.

Bruce Vining

>
>I am copying some data from an AS/400 file to a PC file. The PC is in
>Latvia. The PC file is being created with the wrong characters.
>
>The steps being carried out are:
>1) CPYTOPCD from AS/400 database file to Document in AS/400 folder
>2) Copy document from AS/400 folder to PC file(PC In Latvia)
>
>Is the problem occurring between 1) or between 2) or between both?
>I need help
>

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