Re: Migrating from AS/400 to MicroFocus

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Instead of creating a new physical file, create a logical file that
redefines the packed fields as zoned, then ftp the logical file - it'll
transfer the data with the new data type. I just did it with a logical over
binary data and it worked fine.

At 07:02 PM 12/23/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> I did this for an HP9000 running Micro Focus COBOL. It's not difficult, just
> time consuming. Things to remember are the EBCDIC-ASCII conversion (no big
> deal, done automatically by FTP) and packed fields on AS/400 PF. Easiest way
> to get around that is to take your DDS for the PF, change packed fields to
> zoned, create a new PF (different name) from the changed DDS, and then do a
> CPYF from the old PF to the new PF. This will expand the fields. You'll
> obviously need to have some conversion programs on the COBOL side to map the
> data into the new fields.
>
> > From: Brad McDaniel <BMCDANIEL@ABSBC.ORG>
> > Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> > To: "'midrange-l@midrange.com'" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> > Subject: Migrating from AS/400 to MicroFocus
> > Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:52:27 -0600
> >
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> > Hello All -
> >
> > We are about to start migrating some apps off the AS/400 to the Windows
> > platform, and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with migrating
> > data in physical files on the 400 to files on the Windows platform (ISAM?)
> > that MicroFocus COBOL programs can read.  Is there an easy way?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brad McDaniel
> > Business Systems & Development
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