RE: Converting from EBCDIC to ASCII

["Gary L Peskin" <garyp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Since you're not doing any transforms and not setting the required
attributes in the PrintParameterList, it seems like you'd be better off with
a PrintObjectInputStream rather than a PrintObjectTransformedInputStream.
You can obtain this with 

  objSpoolFile.getInputStream()

If it still doesn't work, can you examine or print out objSpoolByte (in hex)
and intInputStreamSize?  Also, can you please assign the return value of 

  objInputStream.read(objSpoolByte)

to an int and print out the value of that int?

Gary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wills, 
> Mike N. (TC)
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 8:40 AM
> To: Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400
> Subject: Converting from EBCDIC to ASCII
> 
> 
> I have a question I am in the process of debugging a program 
> that is bombing out on us. I did not write it, but I am 
> debugging it. It looks like it is using something in the 
> JT400 to convert the text, but it doesn't seem to work 100% right.
> 
> Here is the string being converted (from a spool file):
>  0  0.00  0   0.00  156  0.02 SALES & MARKETING SERVICES   72 
>  0.00   0
> 0.00    2,337   0.02
> 
> Here is what it looks like after the conversion (in ASCII):
>  0  0.00  0   0.00  156  0.02 SALES & MARKETING SERVICES   72 
>  0.00   0
> 0.00    2,337   0.0%
> 
> Why would it do this? 
> 
> Here is the conversion code:
>     private String ReadFile() throws AS400SecurityException, 
> AS400Exception,
> 
>                                         IOException, 
>                                         
> ErrorCompletingRequestException, 
>                                         InterruptedException, 
>                                         
> RequestNotSupportedException  {
>         String strConvertedFile="";
>         AS400 objAS400 = new AS400(_AS400,_UserName,_Password);
>         SpooledFile objSpoolFile = new SpooledFile(objAS400,
>                                                     _SpoolFileName, 
>                                                     _SpoolFileNumber, 
>                                                     
> _SpoolFileJobName , 
>                                                     
> _SpoolFileUserName, 
>                                                     
> _SpoolFileJobNumber );
>         PrintParameterList objPPL = new PrintParameterList();
>         PrintObjectTransformedInputStream objInputStream;
>         objInputStream = 
> objSpoolFile.getTransformedInputStream(objPPL);
>         int intInputStreamSize = objInputStream.available();  
>          
>         byte[] objSpoolByte = new byte[intInputStreamSize];
>         objInputStream.read(objSpoolByte); 
>         AS400Text textConverter = new 
> AS400Text(intInputStreamSize,37);  
>         strConvertedFile = ((String) 
> textConverter.toObject(objSpoolByte));
>         objInputStream.close();
>         objAS400.disconnectAllServices();
>         return strConvertedFile;
>     }   
> 
> My thought is either a bug in the JT400 (I don't know which 
> version we have, we are on V5R2), or it is a problem with the 
> spool file. I am going to have the person create a new spool 
> file to see if this still has the problem.
> 
> Just to warn you, I am not a java guru. I just know enough to 
> be dangerous.
> 
> Mike Wills
> Lawson Programmer/Administrator
> Taylor Corporation
> Email: mnwills AT taylorcorpNOSPAM DOT com
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