Re: System 36 files (Moved from RPG-L)

> >
> > Can someone tell me if can you copy a file from a system36 file structureto 
>a
> > native 400 file with a dds created. Does the 400 put the data in the
> > appropriate fields automatically with same record lengths in the 400 pf? Or
> > do I have to write a conversion program?

No conversion program is needed (use CPYF with *NOCHK option)

when you create the DDS for the "new" externally described file, you
must account for every single byte in the record including any blank
spaces. This "normally" doesn't take long but having good file layouts
will really aid in the process. It's those little "I forgot" about
fields that will kill you.(I forgot we did a quicky program to put a "*"
in position 248 if today is Wednesday). Normally if you get the record
length correct, you will be pretty safe to do a cpyf from old to new.

The 400 doesn't "know" where to put the fields, you are just copying
from one file to another.... It assumes you know what you are doing.
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