Re: Globalization question

Hi David

I think source itself might convert - but programs created from source that has character literals - those won't convert the literals - they end up using the code point pulled in at compile time. Hence, pipe turns into whoopee!!

But this is why the at-sign and dollar-sign probably should not be used in variable names in RPG - at least, I think that's right. There goes all that naming of subroutines with the dollar sign at the beginning of the name!

I hope I'm wrong on that!

Eschew variant characters in source!!

See you in a couple!
Vern

On 8/30/2012 3:55 PM, David Gibbs wrote:

On 8/30/2012 3:09 PM, sjl wrote:

I have several RPG programs which are being deployed via Implementer to
several different LPAR's being used by different world areas, one of which
is for Europe.

The source files are all defined with CCSID(37), but the European
environment is using CCSID(500).

How do I deal with the variant character | (the pipe symbol) across these
environments:

In CCSID(37) , the pipe symbol is X'4F', but in CCSID(500) the pipe symbol
is X'BB'

It's been a while since I've looked at that code but, as long as the source physical files have the correct CCSID, the contents of the source should be trans-coded correctly.

We have a number of customers that use Implementer to deploy code to machines running different CCSID's.

If you have any specific problems, please contact PTC Integrity (formerly MKS) support at integritysupport@xxxxxxx.

david
(who works for PTC Integrity on Implementer in addition to running these lists).