Re: VBM to VBA?

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:13:26 -0500, Rick Fochtman wrote: > >I've never seen any IBM utility that would convert from variable to >fixed, ... > Have you tried REPRO? > ..., or convert the carriage control characters. I've always use a RYO >utility, custom built, for those transitions. > That, I don

Re: VBM to VBA?

-- Yeah Gil..ur right it was IEBGENER...But I heard it could not produce desired output from VBA to FB -- I've never seen any IBM utility that would convert from variable to fixed, or convert the

Re: VBM to VBA?

Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 9:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VBM to VBA? On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:30:02 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/13/2008 > at 09:40 PM, Scott Ford

Re: VBM to VBA?

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:30:02 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/13/2008 > at 09:40 PM, Scott Ford said: > >>I used IEBCOPY to go from VBA to FB, > >I might believe IEBGENER or IEBPTPCH, but definitely not IEBCOPY. > My favorite for copying among dislike attribu

Re: VBM to VBA?

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/13/2008 at 09:40 PM, Scott Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I used IEBCOPY to go from VBA to FB, I might believe IEBGENER or IEBPTPCH, but definitely not IEBCOPY. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: VBM to VBA?

John McKown Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:12 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VBM to VBA? This is how I do it, to read SYSLOG datasets. FD SYSLOG-INPUT BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS LABEL RECORDS ARE STANDARD RECORDING MODE IS V RECORD IS VARYING IN SIZE FROM 1 TO 133

Re: VBM to VBA?

Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:12 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VBM to VBA? This is how I do it, to read SYSLOG datasets. FD SYSLOG-INPUT BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS LABEL RECORDS ARE STANDARD RECORDING MODE IS V RECORD IS VARYING IN SIZE FROM 1 TO

Re: VBM to VBA?

This is how I do it, to read SYSLOG datasets. FD SYSLOG-INPUT BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS LABEL RECORDS ARE STANDARD RECORDING MODE IS V RECORD IS VARYING IN SIZE FROM 1 TO 133 CHARACTERS DEPENDING ON SYSLOG-INPUT-RECORD-LENGTH. 01 SYSLOG-RECORD-MINIMUM PIC X. 01 SYSL

Re: VBM to VBA?

List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VBM to VBA? Glad to be of help. :-) John McKown wrote: >On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:08:19 -0500, Rick Fochtman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >&

Re: VBM to VBA?

Glad to be of help. :-) John McKown wrote: On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:08:19 -0500, Rick Fochtman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Somewhere I have a simple-minded utility to do exactly that. I'll see if I can find it and send it to you privately. Rick, Many thanks. I just compiled your progra

Re: VBM to VBA?

On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:54:07 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: > >The Simple way is to take the M code and convert it to the A code for >Print a Line with No Paper Movement. You the emit a Paper advance >with a Blank Line (if VBA this is a 6 byte line) or with Advance with > What happens if you emi

Re: VBM to VBA?

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:08:19 -0500, Rick Fochtman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Somewhere I have a simple-minded utility to do exactly that. I'll see if >I can find it and send it to you privately. Rick, Many thanks. I just compiled your program and ran it against an example file. It worked wonderf

Re: VBM to VBA?

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Chris Mason > > To all subscribers > > Mea maxima culpa! > > Some things the spell-checker will not spot. Of course "your" -> > "you're" - and > to think in the past I have criticised some for the odd "there" for > "

Re: VBM to VBA?

>Is there a simple way to convert a DASD dataset which is RECFM=VBM (or FBM) >to VBA (or FBA)? We are converting a lot of reports to be ftp'ed to a >Windows platform. The program on the Windows platform does not understand >machine control and needs the ftp to convert from "ANSI control" to the >

Re: VBM to VBA?

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:10:53 -0500, John McKown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Luckily, this is not going to be printed. It's going to be placed in a >report repository on a Intel server. Wouldn't be __my__ choice, but the >same type of software on z costs considerably more money. And we are in a

Re: VBM to VBA?

At 15:43 -0500 on 10/13/2008, John McKown wrote about VBM to VBA?: Is there a simple way to convert a DASD dataset which is RECFM=VBM (or FBM) to VBA (or FBA)? We are converting a lot of reports to be ftp'ed to a Windows platform. The program on the Windows platform does not understand ma

Re: VBM to VBA?

In a message dated 10/13/2008 7:28:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But they only print on one side anyway! Yah, I know what you mean about the creases. But if the form is loaded wrong, there's a tedious manual procedure to correct it after the fact. BTDT. >> Th

Re: VBM to VBA?

6:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VBM to VBA? Is there a simple way to convert a DASD dataset which is RECFM=VBM (or FBM) to VBA (or FBA)? We are converting a lot of reports to be ftp'ed to a Windows platform. The progra

Re: VBM to VBA?

List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 6:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VBM to VBA? >Is there a simple way to convert a DASD dataset which is RECFM=VBM (or FBM) >to VBA (or F

Re: VBM to VBA?

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:52:33 -0500, Rick Fochtman wrote: >-- >Well I don't know about all printers but 3900's have Skip to front facing. > >Which really works... > >Assuming

Re: VBM to VBA?

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > And one more thing. IBM printers ignore an initial page > eject (the rule is more complicated, but this is the > effect). Many UNIX and PC printers honor the initial > formfeed. At best, this wastes a leaf when printing > single-sided. The effect wh

Re: VBM to VBA?

-- Well I don't know about all printers but 3900's have Skip to front facing. Which really works... Assuming that the form is loaded correctly. :-) I can't speak for the 3

Re: VBM to VBA?

To all subscribers Mea maxima culpa! Some things the spell-checker will not spot. Of course "your" -> "you're" - and to think in the past I have criticised some for the odd "there" for "their" or vice versa or and possibly the odd "its" for "it's" and vice versa. I'd better do some beam cast

Re: VBM to VBA?

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:26:58 -0500, Rick Fochtman wrote: >Paul, that's not true. The printer has no way of knowing whether it's a >"initial" page eject or not. Some programming languages will spit an >extra page eject, like PL/1 does, but the basic printer isn't that smart. > I said it was more co

Re: VBM to VBA?

Rick Fochtman wrote: Paul, that's not true. The printer has no way of knowing whether it's a "initial" page eject or not. Some programming languages will spit an extra page eject, like PL/1 does, but the basic printer isn't that smart. Paul Gilmartin wrote: And one more thing. IBM printer

Re: VBM to VBA?

In a message dated 10/13/2008 5:27:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "initial" page eject or not. Some programming languages will spit an extra page eject, like PL/1 does, but the basic printer isn't that smart. >> Well I don't know about all printers but 3900's ha

Re: VBM to VBA?

Paul, that's not true. The printer has no way of knowing whether it's a "initial" page eject or not. Some programming languages will spit an extra page eject, like PL/1 does, but the basic printer isn't that smart. Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:44:27 -0500, Chris Mason wrote:

Re: VBM to VBA?

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:44:27 -0500, Chris Mason wrote: > >I think your in trouble - or you can roll up your sleeves and get programming - >in your favourite language. > >I remembered that the difference between A and M is that one prints and then >moves the print carriage while the other moves the

Re: VBM to VBA?

Is there a simple way to convert a DASD dataset which is RECFM=VBM (or FBM) to VBA (or FBA)? We are converting a lot of reports to be ftp'ed to a Windows platform. The program on the Windows platform does not understand machine control and

Re: VBM to VBA?

John I think your in trouble - or you can roll up your sleeves and get programming - in your favourite language. I remembered that the difference between A and M is that one prints and then moves the print carriage while the other moves the print carriage and then prints. I guess you can see t

VBM to VBA?

Is there a simple way to convert a DASD dataset which is RECFM=VBM (or FBM) to VBA (or FBA)? We are converting a lot of reports to be ftp'ed to a Windows platform. The program on the Windows platform does not understand machine control and needs the ftp to convert from "ANSI control" to the appropr