Re: SCS conversion???

["Patrick Townsend" <patownsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not aware of a print API that can convert SCS (SNA Character Stream)
print data to a readable format. There are APIs that can retrieve this raw
format from a spool file in an output queue, but I'm not aware of an API
that can go the other direction. You might try the Print API documentation
to see if such an API exists. That said, the SCS data stream is not all that
complicated. It originates from the earliest print data streams on
mainframes. I think if you get a description of the data stream you can
interpret the print control codes and extract just the text if that is what
you want to do.

Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: "TitanRebel" <TitanRebel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:49 PM
Subject: SCS conversion???


> I found this list via Google while searching for an answer to a problem.
>   I'm looking forward to reading the trafic.
>
> I hope someone can help me, or point me in a good direction.  Two of us
> have been working on an archive retrieval solution, and we have managed
> to retrieve Raw SCS data from an archive.  The data is read to a buffer
> in an RPG program.  Typically, this data is written to a file on the
> IFS, and a Java program is then reading it and streaming it to a browser
> for viewing.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to convert this data to a readable/viewable
> format?  I've tried reading it in, and then writing it to an OUTQ using
> the SpooledFileOutputStream class, but all I get is garbage.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> P.S.  Actually, it would be even better to convert the file before
> writing it to the IFS, so any insite into converting the raw data via
> RPG would be great also!
>
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