Re: Converting from UTF16LE to Ascii

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Magne,

The file you have is UTF-16LE, but CCSID 1200 is UTF-16.  The "LE" 
stands for "little endian", whereas CCSID 1200 is "big endian."

IBM does not officially support UTF-16LE (CCSID 1202) anywhere on the 
system as far as I know -- the only IBM-approved way to deal with 
UTF-16LE is by converting it from UTF-16LE to UTF-16 (CCSID 1200) with 
the QlgTransformUCSData() API.

Once converted to UTF-16 (which is fully supported), you can mark it as 
CCSID 1200 and deal with it normally.


On 10/14/2011 3:57 AM, Magne Kofoed wrote:
>
>     Hi Scott,
>
>
>     I got a file in Unicode (UTF16LE) and tries to import to a pf.
>
>     I have read a couple of your articles about this and got a few leads
>     on how to do this, but could not find how to get from Unicode to
>     ascii.
>
>
>     1.      I store the file in IFS, it gets CCSID = 1252.  I can view the
>     file with wrklnk and option 5, but I guess it's still Unicode since
>     I've just stored it.
>
>     2.      I tried to use these commands with no success:
>
>     CHGATR OB(`/magnek/mms1.txt') ATR(*CCSID) VALUE(1200)
>
>     I can not see any characters with wrklnk and option 5. But wordpad
>     shows the file ok.
>
>     CHGATR OB(`/magnek/mms1.txt') ATR(*CCSID) VALUE(819)
>
>     Same result as in nbr 1.
>
>     3.      I tried to use CPY fromccsid(1200) toccsid(819). Same result
>     as in nbr 1.
>
>     4.      I tried to use CPYFRMSTMF and CPYFRMIMPF with no success.
>
>     How can I get this UTF16LE file from the IFS to a PF?
>
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     Magne
>
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