RE: C/A file transfer differences??

[<lgoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You're seeing the EBCDIC hex representation of the data. The easiest way
to know this is EBCDIC hex x'40' (the repeating "40"s in the segment
below) is a space character (ASCII 32). Is this a new or existing
transfer? Check for CCSID 65535 on the transfer itself, and the CCSID of
the file and field being transferred.

HTH,
Loyd

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Cavaiani
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 6:38 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: C/A file transfer differences??


I'm losin' it!

I've done these C/A file transfers FROM system i5 for years w/o trouble
- to both ASCII and BIFF (Excel) formats!

Now, I do one the very same way, and get this junk when I open it in
Excel:

FTP25						
C1404040C2404040C340404040404040404040404040404040

C1404040E5404040C740404040404040404040404040404040

82404040C64040408840404040404040404040404040404040


What the heck is going on this time - is it something about the format
of the data in the System i file??


Don F. Cavaiani
IT Manager
Amerequip Corp.
920-894-7063