Convert EBCDIC to ASCII

[former_member385599]

Hi all,

We are using XI 3.0 SP 10 and I have a scenario where I only need to retrieve a file (via FTP) and deliver it to a file share inhouse. There is no need for any mappings etc. But the file Iam retrieving is in EBCDIC and I would need to convert this into ASCII when delivering to fileshare. I have set up the communication channels and this works fine. But what would be the easiest way to convert the EBCDIC file to ASCII?

Regards,

Fredrik

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Fredrik,

There is an alternate way of acehiving the same using a java program in the operatingsystem command option of File adapter.

Steps:

1. Write a java program to read EBCDIC file and convert into ASCII file(Using codepages).

2.Create a jar for the above program and store it in a server directory.

3.Write one shell script/batch file call the java program and send command line parameters as filenames.

4.In XI File adapter -Operating system command use the Shellscript/Batch file name (Complete path)and give %F for filenames

Eg. /usr/sap/serverdir/convert.sh %F %F

For more details refer the following link:

<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/14/80243b4a66ae0ce10000000a11402f/frameset.htm">XI File adapter</a>

Regards,

Ananth

[Former Member]

Hi Fredrik,

you should be able to do this by using the parameter file.encoding. You can find further info under

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/95/bb623c6369f454e10000000a114084/content.htm

and in note 821267

Hope this helps you,

Regards, Jaime