>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 >appropriate Windows control sequences the way that it does for VBA when the >ASAPRINT option is used. In particular, the program needs a "control L" >(form feed) to delimit the pages of the report. > Seems I remember wanting to do back in the 1970s and others too. I know the External Writer program accomplishes it. Another place I always look first is the CBT Tape www.cbttape.org See file 414 for a utility from Rick Fochtman with a bit of help. Never used it but the price is right.
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