> >I suspect something similar would happen if I used the file as SYSIN >to assembler or SYSLIN to Binder. Simply, programmers editing on >ASCII platforms habitually use tab characters to format their programs. >If the transfer scheme translates those TABs to '05'x, many things >will not work as desired. > >Chopped liver, indeed. > >-- gil > >----------------------------------------------------------------------
The transfer scheme maintains the x'05' that was in your file to begin with. The problem is perceived on the mainframe side because the applications are not written to expand your tab character. EBCDIC does know what a x'05' is, simple a single character that is not viewable on your 327x terminal. Even if you tried another TRANSLATION table for your transfer scheme, that is a one for one character translation. Those people using PC programs to create mainframe data need a smarter non-mainframe program to insert the number of spaces they really wanted or learn to enter spaces when they want spaces. We can whine the mainframe does not work like the PC or we can whine the PC does not work like the mainframe. Be fair and whine both ways. Or write and FTP exit to exand tabs for them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
