Originally posted by: gunturi

Hello, there is a requirement to convert the mainframe file which is sent to linux to readable ascii format. The existing program on mainframe is not converting comp3 characters to readable format before sending. Is this something which can be done in wtx usinag an adapter?  i looked at unpack function and quoted printable adapter which are closer may be but want to make sure if any one tried this before

Originally posted by: paul.brett

From what I understand, after reading about Comp3 here, it is just a Binary Compressed Decimal, and WTX/ITX can handle that no problem.

Thank-you.

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Originally posted by: gunturi

Hi Paul,

if i use unpack function i need to map each field in the layout to use that function.  Is there a proper way to use the adapter where i can pass the entire file content as blob and adapter will reply by unpacking

Originally posted by: paul.brett

So, you want a map that will reach into the data, identifying all BCD fields and convert them to something else, leaving the rest of the structure unchanged?

Without further details on the source data, I don't think I could comment on the feasibility of this.  Can you post a data example, and your desired output?

Thank-you.

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