re:DBCS - traditional Chinese xlating a file

When we went DBCS it was not necessary to do a scratch install.
We ordered secondary languages from IBM.
(Note if you on an IBM unsupported release eg V4R4 you will need to
get the secondary CDs from some one else)
These included
DBCS English
DBCS UPPER CASE ENGLISH
Chinese Trad
Chinese Simplified.
Refer to Software Installation Document Number SC41-5120-02 for
installing the secondaries and the then switch your primary language
to DBCS UPPER CASE ENGLISH.  If you dont have Japanese you can switch
to DBCS English.
You will set or need to set certain system values eg QIGC.
You will need a Client Access PC with Chinese as the language.

Having said all that try this. (I dont think it will work)
Set up a Chinese W2000 pc with Client Access as Chinese.
Then transfer the file to the PC into MS EXCELL (use the macro)
You may then get the data in Excell in Chinese.

Regards
Frank Kolmann

>from: Jerry <jdraper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>subject: DBCS - traditional Chinese xlating a file
>
>I have a file on tape of 5K names and addresses that was formerly stored
on an
>AS400 in DBCS - traditional Chinese.  I need to translate the file into
>English.  Seems straight forward but getting the DBCS Trad Chinese ordered
(IBM
>is stalling) and installed on a test AS400 (IBM said to scratch/reload the
OS)
>is proving extremely difficult.
>
>Anyone know of a service that can perform this task or a simple roadmap?
Anyone
>ever done this?
>
>TIA,
>Jerry Draper
>Trilobyte Software Systems