Mainframe Express Administrator's Guide

Table of Contents

Index

Chapter 4: File Conversion Utilities

• 4.1 MDECONV
  • 4.1.1 Operation
    • 4.1.1.1 Downloading Mainframe Files
    • 4.1.1.2 Converting Files Containing Non-Text Characters
    • 4.1.1.3 Invoking MDECONV
    • 4.1.1.4 Converting Several Files
    • 4.1.1.5 Interrupting the Conversion
    • 4.1.1.6 Using the MDECONV Environment Variable
  • 4.1.2 Directives
    • 4.1.2.1 Default Directives
    • 4.1.2.2 Command Line Directives
  • 4.1.3 MDECONV Error Messages
    • 4.1.3.1 File errors
• 4.2 DFCONV
  • 4.2.1 Processes Involved
  • 4.2.2 Operation
    • 4.2.2.1 Command Line Batch Interface
    • 4.2.2.2 Call Batch Interface
  • 4.2.3 Using the Data File Converter
    • 4.2.3.1 File Format and Data Conversion
    • 4.2.3.2 EBCDIC to ANSI Conversion
    • 4.2.3.3 Mainframe to PC Print Conversion
    • 4.2.3.4 Indexed File Reorganization
    • 4.2.3.5 Defining File Conversion with a Profile File
      • 4.2.3.5.1 Specifying the Conversion Operation
      • 4.2.3.5.2 Specifying the Input File parameters
      • 4.2.3.5.3 Specifying the Output File
      • 4.2.3.5.4 General Conversion Information
    • 4.2.3.6 File Rebuild
      • 4.2.3.6.1 Recovery of Corrupt Indexed Files
      • 4.2.3.6.2 General Rebuild Information
  • 4.2.4 Data File Converter Error Messages
• 4.3 VRECGEN
  • 4.3.1 Installing the VRECGEN Program
  • 4.3.2 Running the VRECGEN Program
• 4.4 VRECGEN2
  • 4.4.1 Installing and Running VRECGEN2