Re: Conversion program

I'll have to give that a try.  I tried DSPPFM but it didn't show on the 
screen.

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Hi Ron,

Do you have a way to write to the new file from a Java textarea?  If so, I 

*think* that it would work to do this:

1.  Update the new file from a text area - make sure to include a newline. 

 (ie. enter 'a<enter>b' or somesuch).
2.  Write a quick test RPG to read the new field into a variable.
3.  Debug said RPG program, view the field as hex, see how the newline is 
represented, and copy that hex code.

I think this is what I would attempt in your situation, because I don't 
know if there is any ASCII <-> EBCDIC going on under the covers in such a 
scenario.

FWIW, I found this document on Sun's site 
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/textarea.html, 
which links to some details about the class which handles editing for 
text-entry widgets.  It appears that when this class is reading a String 
into a Textarea, it assumes that the first CR, LF, or CRLF is the line-end 

character.  So, it would seem that you could use the hex code for any of 
those as the line-end would happen automagically.  I don't have any way of 

testing this, but if that is indeed true I think it's pretty darn cool.

HTH,
Adam

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