RE: File Tranfers

[Jerome Draper <jdraper@xxxxxxx>]

I don't know if CA/400 has it all both Synapse file transfer products
support a fixed length text download so any trailing blanks would be
preserved.  

Regards,


Jerry


At 01:26 PM 4/20/99 -0700, you wrote:
>John,
>  Since AS400 works with EBCDIC fixed length records and PC's work with
>ASCII variable length records, I've always seen problems transferring files
>with trialing blanks.
>  My solution has been to select the fields I want in such a way that the
>last field is never blank.  Address files usually have State as non-blank,
>so I put that last.  Surely, you can sequence the fields in such a way as
>well. No?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of John Cirocco
>Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:14 AM
>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject: File Tranfers
>
>
>Hello folks,
>
>I have a file transfer where the last field may contain 1 or more trailing
>blanks.  Is there a setting in client access that would actually download
>the trailing blanks?  Or am I just dreaming?
>
>
>The last field on the /400 contains '123      '
>
>but downloads as '123'
>
>Any ideas?


Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to the AS/400
Representing Synapse, Apple, IBM, UDS, Nlynx, MI, DCI, Netsoft, etc.
(415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com
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