RE: CPYTOIMPF and ASCII

[Jim Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your help, Rich.

I'm a little confused -- I guess the PTF numbers would help.

I'm on V4R5.  CPYTOIMPF doesn't have a STMFCODPAG parameter, but CPYTOSTMF
does.  I guess you're saying that the PTF adds the STMFCODPAG parameter to
the CPYTOIMPF command.  I'm not sure what CHGDMDDFT is, unless it's a parm
on a later version of the command.  I've scanned the iSeries support site
and have not been able to find the PTF's.  If you know the PTF it would be a
huge help.

Much thanks...

-Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: rich herdman [mailto:rherdman@columbus.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:23 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: CPYTOIMPF and ASCII


Are you running V5R1 or an earlier version?  To fix this takes a PTF on V4R4
or V4R5, but is standard on V5R1.

There is a parm called STMFCODPAG which lets you specify the
code page of the *IFS file you want to create.  You can specifiy *PCASCII,
*STDASCII, or various other options.

We download several files for import into Foxpro DOS, and we have to do a
CHGDMDDFT on the CPYTOIMPF command every time we upgrade to specify
STMFCODPAG(*PCASCII) for all to come out in ASCII.

Let me know if you need those PTF's or if you have any other questions.


On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:05:51 -0600, Jim Damato wrote:

>I think I'm missing something pretty basic on this one.
>
>We used to do a lot of PC downloads through shared folders.  I've always
>assumed that the CPYTOPCD command did an EBCDIC to ASCII conversion.  Now
we
>want to start downloading through the IFS, mostly because CPYTOIMPF is so
>cool.  In my first experiments I've found that I've got very messy data.
>One of our PC programs interprets the files nicely as EBCDIC, and Excel
>definitely can't cope.
>
>Do CPYTOIMPF and CPYTOSTMF produce EBCDIC files, and, if so, is there an
>easy way to convert them?
>
>-Jim
>
>James P. Damato
>Manager - Technical Administration
>Dollar General Corporation
><mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com>
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