ASCII & EBCD conversion/change for compression decimal f

rally · New User Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 37

Hi,

I have a file need upload from PC to Mainframe.

There is a field with compress decimal format.

in MainFrame,

It looks like
TLR..%

hex display
EDD016
33 907C

The 176 is the number value.

Is anybody what should use in PC with ASCII code for the compress field.

I found for normal character, the hex value for ASCII & EBCD is different
for example:
EBCD code CHAR ASCII code
X'30' - 0 - X'F0'
X'40' - SPACE - X'20'
X'C1' - A - X'41'

Thanks.

Prandip · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:20 pm

A field with the value of hex'00176C' sure looks like a packed decimal field to me. You're going to have to unpack it first into a decimal field before uploading the file.

rally · New User Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 37

Hi Prandip,

You may misunderstand my mean.

Yes, the value of hex'00176C' is a packed deicmal field in mainframe, this is the final result after upload the file from PC to mainframe/ZOS,

I want to know how to code it in PC use ASCII in order to achieve
the objection.

Thanks.

Prandip · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:21 pm

On my system, it's a hex '001A25' in ASCII.

rally · New User Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 37

Hi Prandip,

Thanks.

do you know the related rules?

for example, I want to input the packed decimal x'00168C',

how to populate the correct ASCII value.

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1592

Hi Rally,

What does this field represent on the PC? That is, what is the field used for?