When you copy a physical file with CCSID 65535 to a stream file with whatever CCSID, page code conversion does not take place, and the redceiver contents are rubbish when interprewted in the receiver's code page.
Remember the following: any data in CCSID 65535 cannot be converted to a different code page, no matter how you try. Once you know that, you understand what you have to do. Giovanni ----- Original Message ----- From: "jsev400" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:45 AM Subject: [Easy400Group] Re: MMAIL attachments at V5R3 > --- In [email protected], "Giovanni B. Perotti" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I cannot get your attachment. >> >> Please do the following. >> >> Mail to my private address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) the object thet you are >> trying to attach with V5R3. >> I will try that on my V5R3 system and let you know. >> >> Giovanni B. Perotti > > > Thanks for the offer Giovanni. I have done a bit more playing around > with this though and made a discovery. > > The way I was sending the reports was by creating a PF in QTEMP > however, I didn't use DDS to do this, just specified the record length > on the CRTPF command. The system creates this PF in CCSID 65535 no > matter what the CCSID of the system or job are and it can't be > changed. From there, I would use the CPYTOIMPF command to create the > STMF (which has a CCSID of 1252). > > I tried creating the PF in QTEMP using a DDS source member and > specifying CCSID 37 then used the CPYTOIMPF command to create the > STMF. Although the CCSID of the STMF was the same (1252) the email > attachment was received correctly. > > I don't understand why this should be different as I would have > thought the CCSID of the STMF was important, not the intermediary > files. Is this an OS or mmail bug or is there an explanation? > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/wbFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Easy400Group/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
