Re: Chinese characters printing with *SCS but not with *AFPDS

Hi Ewart
I recently did something almost the same for our China plant and had the
same problem. We had to purchase the DBCS AFP Font Package from IBM. We run
on v5r4 as well. I actually had the opposite problem. Could only get the
Chinese characters to print compiled as AFPDS (once we purchased the
package).

Check your system to see if you have a library called QFNT64. If you have
then you should have the needed library for the AFPDS compile. In order to
get a field to print in Chinese in AFPDS each field has to be compiled with
the lib and font/size you want to print. For example here is a Chinese
customer name field defined on a printer file:

P#NAME 68O O 24
IGCCDEFNT(QFNT64/X0S32P (*POINTSIZE-
30 30))

FYI: you could have lineup problems with the field if you put both english
and chinese in the open field. I only recommend putting Chinese characters
in these fields. However you can always test it.

Hope this helps. Email me if you need anything else.

Thanks
Jeff Williams


Hello All,

I had sent this earlier but did not receive a response - hence I'm trying
my luck again !

I have a field which accepts both English as well as Chinese characters.
It prints fine when the print file is compiled with *SCS but somehow
prints junk when compiled with *AFPDS.

Does anyone know how to get the field printed properly ?? Or can point me
to a good site. I've tried going through the manuals but as usual I can
find everything else but what I want.

I am on V5R4.

Thanks & best regards
Ewart