Re: C/A File Transfer vs. FTP

["Steve Landess" <steve_landess@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

1) What format are you using when you transfer the data to the PC?
2) Have you tried different download formats to see if the problem is
specific to a particular file format?
3) Have you experienced this behavior before?
4) Have you applied any service packs to your CAE or PTF's to the AS/400
that could have affected file transfer?
5) If the answer to 4 is NO, are you on the latest service pack for your CAE
release?

Here's the link for IBM's web site for CAE service packs:
 http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/access/casp.htm


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sannan Solberg" <SSolberg@Washcorp.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 1:35 PM
Subject: C/A File Transfer vs. FTP


> Noticed something today that has me confused.  I transferred a database
file
> to my PC via C/A and then looked at the file with Notepad.  The last
record
> in my PC file has a small box that appears to be some "end of file" marker
> or something.  If I turn around and FTP the file back to the 400 now
(right
> back into the same file I just downloaded), it get an empty record in my
400
> file.
>
> If I use FTP to bring the file down to the PC, I don't get the marker.  I
> would rather use C/A transfer (because I have to put this in a user's
hands
> and it is dummy-proof) but that marker is causing the people we are
sending
> the file to have a similar problem with getting an "empty" record on their
> end.  Any ideas anybody?  Is it a C/A "problem" because I can't find any
> settings in file transfer that would prevent it...
>
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