RE: IFSFileWriter problem: unusual output in IFS file

> From: Kelly Cookson
> 
> We want to write text strings to a file in the IFS. We can write to
the
> IFS file, but each letter is separated what looks like a tab, and the
end-
> of-line characters are unusual.

Whenever you see the "spaces" between characters, that's a good
indication that you're looking at a Unicode file with a non-Unicode
enabled viewer.  Unicode encodes every character as two bytes, with
standard ASCII text being the normal hex value preceded by x'00'.  For
example, upper-case 'A' ends up as x'00'-x'41'.  ASCII text in general
ends up with x'00' between every character, which shows up as dots or
boxes depending on the viewer.

To fix this, you need to either convert the file from Unicode to
standard ASCII text, or create it as ASCII in the first place.  I'm not
certain how to assign the CCSID on an IFSFileWriter object; I know you
can do it with an IFSTextFileOutputStream.

Joe