Truncating records on CPYTOPCD

[Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, all!

We have a scenario where we're sending records to a bank 
via a PC file.  We format the file on the 400, then CPYTOPCD
to the PC and use a PC comm pkg to send it to the bank.  The
problem is that the bank demands "fixed" (94 byte) records
with CR/LF appended.  Some of the records have data that takes
up only 30 columns.  These records get "truncated"; on the PC
we see 30 columns of data, then a CR/LF.  The bank insists that
their application requires the record be padded with blanks:
no other pad characters are acceptable to them.

As a workaround, we put a "~" in the last column and created
a translate table that translates the "~" (x'A1') to an ASCII
blank (x'20')  This works fine, but I can't help but think 
there's a simpler solution.  I recall a thread about FTP and
Win95 reacting this way, but I don't recall the details.

Any thoughts?

Buck Calabro
Commsoft  Albany, NY

+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---