RE: Tabbed files for 3rd party vendor -- RPG400-L

Thanks John...
It works to a certain degree...
It tabbed but left blanks if the byte was not used in the field...
In other words if a field 1s 5 long the result s/b 
<tab>X<tab> not <tab>X    <tab>
Any suggestions?
Regards,
John Cunha
NGR

>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Brandt Sr. [mailto:pgmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: July 25, 2003 2:22 PM
>To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
>Subject: RE: Tabbed files for 3rd party vendor
>
>I'm not sure how large the command will accept, but I usually use a
>character of 512 and it needs to be in the format of:
>'/directory/filename.extension' for the IFS.
>If you were going to copy the file FROMFILE in QGPL and the first
member to
>the IFS in the temporary directory, the command would look like this:
>
>DCL        VAR(&FROMFILE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)
>DCL        VAR(&FROMLIB)  TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)
>DCL        VAR(&FROMMBR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)
>DCL        VAR(&TOSTMF) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(512)
>DCL        VAR(&TAB) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1) VALUE(X'05')
>
>CHGVAR VAR(&FROMFILE) VALUE('FROMFILE')
>CHGVAR VAR(&FROMLIB) VALUE('QGPL')
>CHGVAR VAR(&FROMMBR) VALUE('*FIRST')
>CHGVAR VAR(&TOSTMF) VALUE('/tmp/' *CAT &FROMFILE *TCAT '.GO')
>
>CPYTOIMPF  FROMFILE(&FROMLIB/&FROMFILE &FROMMBR) +
>           TOSTMF(&TOSTMF) RCDDLM(*CRLF) FLDDLM(&TAB)
>
>Something like that.
>John
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Cunha [mailto:John.Cunha@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 12:53 PM
>To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
>Subject: RE: Tabbed files for 3rd party vendor
>
>
>Thanks John,
>Can you please let me know what is the layout of the value which goes
>into TOSTMF(&TOSTMF) -->To stream file?
>Thanks,
>John Cunha
>NGR
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: John Brandt Sr. [mailto:pgmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>Sent: July 25, 2003 1:20 PM
>>To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
>>Subject: RE: Tabbed files for 3rd party vendor
>>
>>Do it programmatically using a variable defined as a hex 5. The output
>>file,
>>if you look from the iSeries side, will be a hex 09.
>>DCL        VAR(&TAB) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1) VALUE(X'05')
>>CPYTOIMPF  FROMFILE(&FROMLIB/&FROMFILE &FROMMBR) +
>>             TOSTMF(&TOSTMF) RCDDLM(*CRLF) FLDDLM(&TAB)
>>You get the idea.
>>I created a copy of CPYTOIMPF of my own to allow named delimiters.
>>John Brandt
>>iStudio400.com
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: John Cunha [mailto:John.Cunha@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 11:53 AM
>>To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
>>Subject: Tabbed files for 3rd party vendor
>>
>>
>>Here's my challenge:
>>
>>I am looking for a way (procedure) to take a PF DDS described file tab
>>it and sent it as flat file (.GO) to another server.
>>
>>We have one way of doing that which is writing a program per file and
>>add X'05' between the fields to insert the tabs. This solution is
quite
>>cumbersome and time consuming due to the number of files that need to
>be
>>transferred.
>>
>>
>>
>>Ps. CPYTOIMPF does seem to work since it only has '|' not a real *TAB!
>>
>>
>>
>>....5..
>>
>>RS- A- 45
>>
>>DE0C0FF
>>
>>9251545
>>
>>
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>Thanks for the help.
>>
>>John Cunha
>>
>>NGR
>>
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