Steve, Talking to a few fellows who have been working with Java on the mainframe, they suggested looking at the value of 'file.encoding' system property.
Here is a page that has some code snippets and a discussion that may help. http://java.sun.com/developer/JDCTechTips/2003/tt0110.html Hope it helps, Kevin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
