Re: CPYTOSTMF character translation

["Patrick Townsend" <patownsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David,

You might have more luck using a translation table (*TBL). The built-in
translation on CPYTOSTMF has always been weird. You can use one of IBM's
tables (QASCII in QSYS, for example) or build one of your own. I will be
glad to share the source for one of our tables if you like.

Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Gibbs" <dgibbs@mks.com>
To: "'Midrange Mailing List'" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 9:41 AM
Subject: CPYTOSTMF character translation


> Folks:
>
> I've got a perplexing oddity happening here.
>
> Here's the scenario...
>
> 1. User enters some free form data into a source physical file
> 2. Under program control, the src-pf member is copied to a file on the IFS
> using the CPYTOSTMF (using code page 437).
>
> Pretty simple, eh?  Well, the odd part is ... if the user enters a dollar
> sign "$" into the source physical file, it gets translated incorrectly in
> the stream file on the IFS.
>
> The source pf has a CCSID of 37, and the stream file has a code page of
437.
>
> This is on OS400 V4R5.  The box is located in the UK.
>
> I've tested it on V4R3 system running in the US, and it works fine.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> david
>
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