Re: Client Access File transfer truncating records

[lgoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (lg - Loyd Goodbar)]

On Thu, 05 Nov 1998 11:22:39 -0600, bclark@ussafety.com (Bob Clark) wrote:

>We are having a small problem transferring a file from our AS/400 to a
>PC.  The file on the AS/400 consists of one 94 byte text record.  When
>we run the download, we save the file as an ASCII text file with an
>extension of .TXT.    The last record is a trailer record with
>information only in the first 55bytes.   The problem we are having is
>this, all of the data gets transferred correctly except for the fact the
>fact that the last record is truncated to the 55th position.  The
>application that uses this file requires every record to be padded with
>blanks to the 94th position.
>
>Does anybody have any suggestions on how to get this last record to
>download correctly?

I had a similar problem uploading records via CA. Our file had irregular line
lengths but our AS/400 program required regular line lengths. I ended up using
FTP to transfer the file.

If possible, I suggest that as well for your situation.

HTH
Loyd Goodbar
--  
"You can nail me, but not to a tree."
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