Re: Truncating records on CPYTOPCD

[Dave Mahadevan <mahadevan@xxxxxxxx>]

Buck:

I do this all the time from AS/400 to PC and then PC to AS/400 after the 
transfer
to update effective date on the AS/400.  What I did was, create a fixed record
lengthe file (RCDLEN=94) using simple CRTPF as
CRTPF QGPL/ACHFILE RCDLEN(94).  Then put the records in it.  Then use CPYTOPCD
with *NOTEXT option.  You can then import this wth the ACH software in the PC.
Works for me all the time.

BTW banks do accept files directly from the AS/400.  Easy to do using bisync and
sync modem.

Buck Calabro wrote:

> 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
>
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Thank You.

Regards

Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net




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