Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition Test Server > Programming > Data Access > File Handling > Working with Data Files > File Conversion Utilities > DFCONV Batch File Conversion > Using the Data File Converter > Defining File Conversion with a Profile File > Specifying the Output File

Specifying the Output File

You need to specify the output file's name. If the Data File Converter does pick up a default organization and record format for the output file, you can change these values. Otherwise, if the Data File Converter does not offer any output file details, you need to supply this information.

You can select one of the following file formats:

File Format	Purpose
C-ISAM	Emulates files from old systems
ESDS	Emulates VSAM ES files
IDXFORMAT(4)	When converting an input file that has many duplicate keys
IDXFORMAT(8)	For very large files
Level-II	Emulates files from old systems
Micro Focus	In all other cases

Available file organizations from which you can select are:

Indexed sequential
Line sequential
Relative
Sequential
VRECGEN2

Note: If you request a conversion of a sequential file to an indexed file with unique keys and some of the records contain duplicate key values, Data File Converter ignores these records and does not convert them. At the end of the conversion, Data File Converter informs you of the number of records rejected.