> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 1:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Convert data tape to ASCII format > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:34:17 -0700, Ulrich Krueger wrote: > > > >If it's important for you to keep these reports in a format that > allows > >proper viewing of each page and also proper printing, I recommend you > >convert each dataset into a PDF-file (and then FTP the PDF file in > binary > >format to the destination system). > >There's a free program available, TXT2PDF: > >http://cmtk3.webring.org/l/rd?ring=dinos;id=30;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2E > lbdsof > >tware%2Ecom%2Fxmitip%2Ehtml > >Optionally, you can create each report on a simulated green-bar paper. > Look > >in the options for TXT2PDF. > > > Sounds almost like overkill. And once the data are converted to PDF, > it becomes > difficult to extract them for further processing. Is there a TXT2TXT > utility that > will convert FORTRAN-style carriage motion codes to the standard > USASCII > equivalents such as <FF>, <VT>, ...?
FTP will do this if QUOTE SITE ASA is in effect. On Linux, there is an "asa" command which will do it as well. > > And thinking about it, does ISPF BROWSE/VIEW support scrolling by > the page markers in the data, perhaps with Page Up/Page Down keys? > (Yah, I know, "You could write a macro to do that.") Nope, in ISPF, "UP" and "DOWN" are based on number of lines (or PAGE or HALF which means "screen sized page"). > > -- gil -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 • N. Richland Hills • TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone • [email protected] • www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. –The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
