Re: STRCPYSCN outfile to printer

Nifty idea, Vern!  However...

Couple of problems.  First, the codes you provided did not jive with what got 
converted.  For
example, the normal attribute, which is x'20' in EBCDIC, got translated to 
ascii x'B7'; the high
intensity attribute (x'22') got translated to ascii x'B9'.  (Those were the 
only ones I checked.) 
I did have the 66535 checked (under File, Properties, Conversions tab, Convert 
CCSID 66535) per
your instructions.  I'm sure I can live with that, but don't know if I messed 
up somewhere that
will give me a bad result down the line.

Second, I thought I knew how to scan for hex-style values in MS Word 97, but I 
was mistaken.  Even
if I could, I have no idea how to translate (x'B9')Highlight This(x'B7') so 
that Highlight This is
boldfaced.  If I scan for the character that I know is the high intensity 
attribute and replace it
with nothing but a Bold format, only that character gets bold-faced.  What am I 
missing here?  

TIA, Dan

--- Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No example, but a techniaue, using MS Word. If you download the file with 
> data transfer, selecting only the SIDATA field. Be sure to turn on 66535 
> CCSID translation.
> 
> The control codes get translated to various ASCII codes.
>      Normal is x'80',
>     reverse image is x'81',
>     high intensity is x'82',
>     underline is x'84',
>     blue is x'9A'.
> 
> There are others. Non-display will actually show you the text, with, 
> probably, a preceding code of x'87'.
> 
> Then do a wildcard find-replace on the pairing of any non-x'80' codes with 
> their matching x'80' code, preserving the contents between the codes (use 
> parentheses, I think) and replacing with a space before and after, in the 
> appropriate formatting and even color. Highlight becomes bold, reverse 
> image is a font setting, etc.
> 
> Once the pairs are replaced, do a find-replace of the remaining x'80' codes.
> 
> I once built a DSPF with all the color and formatting combinations, then 
> did a STRCPYSCN to get it to a file, then downloaded that, in order to get 
> all the combinations.
> 
> The Word doc can be saved as a template, with a macro to do the conversion 
> and maybe putting a border around the screen and eliminate the lines with 
> the position numbers (makes a good identifiable separator for find-replace 
> operation)
> 
> HTH
> 
> Vern

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