1, FTP the data from the EBCDIC machine to the ASCII machine. That will handle it 'automagically' I work on an IBM Iseries/System i platform. If you don't like the way the system translates the characters, you can change which table the system uses when doing the conversion. You may also generate your own table and change individual characters. This is useful when an unprintable character needs converted and it doesn't do it accurately.
Lowell Porter EDI Analyst From: "Michael Mattias/LS" <[email protected]> To: "EDI-L" <[email protected]> Date: 02/04/2013 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] SI mapping -> EBCDIC to ASCII Sent by: [email protected] >I need a help in a requirement that has come to me. I would need to develop a map that converts Mainframe EBCDIC to ASCII. Whats >the best way to implement >this. I can define a range in syntax token But how do I replace character by character? any suggestions? >thanks in advance. Crude solutions if you can't find another... 1, FTP the data from the EBCDIC maching to the ASCII machine. That will handle it 'automagically' 2. There simply has to be somewhere available free for the download some kind of "ASCII to EBCDIC" command line utilty program ... C:\DOS> Ebd2ASC.exe ebcdic_file ascii_file (come to think of it... I think I posted one of those many years ago myself. Let me check my website real quick... well, how about that: http://www.talsystems.com/tsihome_html/techcorner.html 3. (Emergency only) Ask the mainframe people to handle the character conversions on their side. Michael C. Mattias Tal Systems Inc. Racine WI [email protected] ------------------- This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. This transmission may contain information that is privileged, Confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
