Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-19 Thread Peter
Yes not friendly I know the CSSMTPAafter 2.4 support MBCS(multi byte character set). So I can try defining a new UNICODE MBCS set. I have been looking for an example in unicode service guide to define MBCS code page but there is no example in it or any explanation Is there any manual which

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-19 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 11 May 2021 10:21:28 +0400, Peter wrote: > >I understand CSSMTPA Doesnt support IBM-420 , but I guess ICONV services >can be used to define a new arabic code page. > Not 420-friendly? -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 17 May 2021 19:30:42 +, Chris Hoelscher wrote: >Aladdin - he was an Arabic character, wasn't he!!! > No. Arabian. I found a reference that mentions both UTF-8 (IBM-1208) and CSSMTP, but not exactly together:

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-17 Thread Chris Hoelscher
Aladdin - he was an Arabic character, wasn't he!!! Chris Hoelscher Lead Sys DBA IBM Global Technical Services on assignmemt to Humana Inc. T 502.476.2538 or 502.407.7266 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, May 17, 2021

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-17 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 16 May 2021 20:31:13 +0400, Peter wrote: > >I am using XMITIP plus TXT2PDF for getting PDF and excel Files in Arabic >(CSSMTP being used), But when the PDF or spreadsheet reaches the outlook >email box the PDF or Spreadsheet contents are intact but the email body has >a ARABIC in Junk

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 16 May 2021 20:31:13 +0400, Peter wrote: > >I am using XMITIP plus TXT2PDF for getting PDF and excel Files in Arabic >(CSSMTP being used), But when the PDF or spreadsheet reaches the outlook >email box the PDF or Spreadsheet contents are intact but the email body has >a ARABIC in Junk

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Seymour J Metz
M-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 11:26 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character On Sun, 16 May 2021 09:06:10 -0500, Joel C. Ewing wrote: >  >I don't know wh

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Seymour J Metz
tin [000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 12:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character On Sun, 16 May 2021 10:26:25 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >... >https://secure-web.cis

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Seymour J Metz
Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Peter [dbajava...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 12:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character Hello Paul, I am using XMITIP plus TXT2PDF for getting PDF and excel Files in Arabic (CSSMTP being

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Peter
Hello Paul, I am using XMITIP plus TXT2PDF for getting PDF and excel Files in Arabic (CSSMTP being used), But when the PDF or spreadsheet reaches the outlook email box the PDF or Spreadsheet contents are intact but the email body has a ARABIC in Junk format. I believe XMITIP has NLS facility to

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 16 May 2021 10:26:25 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >... >https://www.lbdsoftware.com/XMITIP-Guide.pdf >Note that all data on the mainframe is stored in the EBCDIC character set >and is translated to the ASCII character set during the transmission. >Any data that should not

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 16 May 2021 09:06:10 -0500, Joel C. Ewing wrote: >  >I don't know whether CSSMTP employs EBCDIC to ASCII conversion for >everything or has the smarts to restrict that conversion to headers and >ordinary text.  If for everything, then obviously the only way to send >UTF-8 via XMITIP, JES

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Seymour J Metz
[IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Joel C. Ewing [jce.ebe...@cox.net] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 10:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character Terminology Clarification: UTF-8 is of course just one representation of the Unicode codeset

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Joel C. Ewing
Terminology Clarification:   UTF-8 is of course just one representation of the Unicode codeset, not the codeset itself.  UTF-8 has the advantage that characters in standard ASCII charset have identical byte representation in UTF-8, which makes possible some use of UTF-8 even in email headers.   I

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Seymour J Metz
(Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Joel C. Ewing [jce.ebe...@cox.net] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 9:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: XMITIP - NLS support

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Joel C. Ewing
I think there is a misconception here about codesets.  iconv converts characters in one codeset to corresponding characters in another codeset , PROVIDED the character exists in the other codeset. The character codes supported in the target codeset are by definition fixed.   If there is no

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Seymour J Metz
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Peter [dbajava...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 2:35 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: XMITIP - NLS support for

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 16 May 2021 11:22:11 +0400, Peter wrote: > >I did but file.txt is empty, but the command executed successfully > >On Sun, 16 May, 2021, 11:01 am Mike Schwab wrote: > >> The Greater than symbol sends the output to the file. >> Try again without the Greater than symbol so it is the output

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Peter
Hello I did but file.txt is empty, but the command executed successfully On Sun, 16 May, 2021, 11:01 am Mike Schwab, wrote: > The Greater than symbol sends the output to the file. > Try again without the Greater than symbol so it is the output file. > > On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 1:36 AM Peter

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Mike Schwab
The Greater than symbol sends the output to the file. Try again without the Greater than symbol so it is the output file. On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 1:36 AM Peter wrote: > > Hello Paul > > I used this command from OMVS > > iconv -f IBM-420 -t IBM-1047 file.txt>file.txt.converted > > I see the

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-16 Thread Peter
Hello Paul I used this command from OMVS iconv -f IBM-420 -t IBM-1047 file.txt>file.txt.converted I see the converted file is empty, Should I have file.txt populated with ARABIC codes in it ? Peter On Tue, 11 May, 2021, 8:02 pm Paul Gilmartin, < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 11 May 2021 10:21:28 +0400, Peter wrote: >Hi > >I understand CSSMTPA Doesnt support IBM-420 , but I guess ICONV services >can be used to define a new arabic code page. > >I have never used ICONV services before, is there a document which helps to >understand the usage of ICONV ? >

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-11 Thread Peter
Hi I understand CSSMTPA Doesnt support IBM-420 , but I guess ICONV services can be used to define a new arabic code page. I have never used ICONV services before, is there a document which helps to understand the usage of ICONV ? On Sun, 9 May, 2021, 9:11 pm Lizette Koehler, wrote: > I might

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-09 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2021-05-09, at 10:08:45, Peter wrote: > > Cross posted > > Is there anyone who has successfully used XMITIP NLS to build arabic > character on email body ? > Hmmm... In "XMITIP User Reference Guide" I see merely: Note that all data on the mainframe is stored in the EBCDIC character set

Re: XMITIP - NLS support for Arabic character

2021-05-09 Thread Lizette Koehler
I might recommend a review of the website http://lbdsoftware.com/xmitip.html . See if there is any help there Second, you probably want to contact the owner of the product. It would be a better place for these types of questions. This is not a vendor product, but something someone wrote and