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  • Subject: Re:
  • From: nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 16:08:32 -0500
  • Organization: Data Design Inc. http://www.datadesigninc.com

> The conversion programs don't know how to handle the numbers and the
> numbers' signs very well.
> 
> In the end I've generally written a small RPG program that lays out the
> data as text, with a program described output file.  If you use this
> method, use an N for the edit code on the numbers and you'll get the
> leftside minus sign.
> 
> The method isn't very sophisticated but to get something working in the
> next hour, this method works.


if the file is externally defined, transfering the file using client
access will unpack the data automatically.  

nj
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