Re: Client Access file transfer error

Thank you for the reply.

Comments below...
On 1 Aug 2010 at 15:51, Simon (Simon Coulter <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>) commented
about Re: Client Access file transfer error:

On 01/08/2010, at 2:23 PM, Gary Kuznitz wrote:

I tried option 2 even though that option isn't listed and it deleted
the file. Option 5 is
Next Level. I'm guessing these options are different on a later
version of the OS.

You must on a pre-V5 (i.e. ancient) release. Options don't have to be
visible to be functional. Notice the ellipses (...) after the options.
F23 will show you the additional options. I don't recall 2 being
remove--it might have been move in which case the entry is not deleted
but will be found in your current directory.

I think you are correct. I don't know why I was thinking it was CA
file transfer.

So the problem is how to get NetServer to translate into ASCII.

NetServer is a stupid piece of software. Never mind the crap
implementation of SMB/CIFS but it has to be told what to do. By
default it won't translate anything. You need to tell it to convert
the data for the XML files. You do that by telling it to convert based
on file extension. Support for this was added at VRM440 but I don't
recall if it made it into Navigator at that release. I found old e-
mail from you in the trash that suggests your host is on 440 so you
may be in luck.

You have two choices:

1) Use CPY to convert the XML files into code page 819 (or a similar
suitable code page). Note that you'll need to use code page values
because CCSID support wasn't added to stream files until VRM510.

or
2) Tell NetServer to convert all files in the XML share with whatever
extension those file have. Go into File Systems->File Shares then
right click on the XML share and open Properties. You should see a
window with two tabs: General and Text Conversion. Then check "Allow
text conversion", choose a conversion type, code page, and whether all
files or only specific extensions should be converted. Save and try to
read the file again. You may need to end and restart NetServer to have
the conversion take effect.

If you take option 1) then you might also want to ensure future XML
files are generated in the appropriate ASCII code page instead of
EBCDIC.

I chose option 2. That seems to work beautifully.
I don't know why but after converting it the authority to copy the file was removed.
I added CHGAUT to the program and now the authority is fine.

That is really supper. I can't thank you enough.

Thanks a bunch,

Gary

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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