Re: [CPF0000] CCSID Conversion

["Steve Landess" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Brescia, Richard wrote:<>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 12:46 PM
Subject: [CPF0000] CCSID Conversion


> Folks,
> Is there an easy way on the Iseries (V5R2) to convert English characters
> to Japanese either through PF, LF, or PRTF using the CCSID keyword?
> Or is there a conversion API with an associate translation table I could
> use?
> I read something that if your system is has the CCSID set to
> 65535 a conversion is not possible.  Is this true?

> My goal is to print an item label in Japanese or English
> depending on which user and printer is being used.

> Any help or direction you can provide would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thank You in advance.

> Richard Brescia Jr.
> Project Leader
> Tiffany & Company
> 973-254-7106
> Richard.Brescia@xxxxxxxxxxx


Richard -

No offense intended, but this is the wrong forum for this sort of question.
CPF0000 is for general discussion, not AS/400 - iSeries - i5 technical 
topics.

I'm taking the liberty of reposting it to Midrange-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx ,
where you'll get better response.

And, by the way:
I think you'll need more than a CCSID to use Japanese characters.
IIRC, you'll need double-byte files as well.  I'm sure that there are
some experts that will weigh in on this issue.

Regards,
Steve Landess
Austin, Texas
(512) 423-0935