Re: Client Access file transfer error

["Gary Kuznitz " <docfxit@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for the reply.

Comments below...
On 1 Aug 2010 at 15:51, Simon (Simon Coulter <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>) commented 
about Re: Client Access file transfer error:

> On 01/08/2010, at 2:23 PM, Gary Kuznitz wrote:
>
> > I tried option 2 even though that option isn't listed and it deleted  
> > the file.  Option 5 is
> > Next Level.  I'm guessing these options are different on a later  
> > version of the OS.
>
> You must on a pre-V5 (i.e. ancient) release. Options don't have to be  
> visible to be functional. Notice the ellipses (...) after the options.  
> F23 will show you the additional options. I don't recall 2 being  
> remove--it might have been move in which case the entry is not deleted  
> but will be found in your current directory.
>
> > I think you are correct.  I don't know why I was thinking it was CA  
> > file transfer.
> >
> > So the problem is how to get NetServer to translate into ASCII.
>
> NetServer is a stupid piece of software. Never mind the crap  
> implementation of SMB/CIFS but it has to be told what to do. By  
> default it won't translate anything. You need to tell it to convert  
> the data for the XML files. You do that by telling it to convert based  
> on file extension. Support for this was added at VRM440 but I don't  
> recall if it made it into Navigator at that release. I found old e- 
> mail from you in the trash that suggests your host is on 440 so you  
> may be in luck.
>
> You have two choices:
>
> 	1) Use CPY to convert the XML files into code page 819 (or a similar  
> suitable code page). Note that you'll need to use code page values  
> because CCSID support wasn't added to stream files until VRM510.
>
> or
> 	2) Tell NetServer to convert all files in the XML share with whatever  
> extension those file have. Go into File Systems->File Shares then  
> right click on the XML share and open Properties. You should see a  
> window with two tabs: General and Text Conversion. Then check "Allow  
> text conversion", choose a conversion type, code page, and whether all  
> files or only specific extensions should be converted. Save and try to  
> read the file again. You may need to end and restart NetServer to have  
> the conversion take effect.
>
> If you take option 1) then you might also want to ensure future XML  
> files are generated in the appropriate ASCII code page instead of  
> EBCDIC.

I chose option 2.  That seems to work beautifully.  
I don't know why but after converting it the authority to copy the file was removed.
I added CHGAUT to the program and now the authority is fine.

That is really supper.  I can't thank you enough.

Thanks a bunch,

Gary

> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
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