Data File Convert dialog box
- Input file group
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- Filename
- Type the full path to and filename of the input file to convert, or click
Browse to use the Open dialog box to select a file.
- Format
- Shows the format of the input file
- Character set
- Select the character set of the input file
- File details
- Define details for the specified input file
- Organization
- Shows the organization of the input file
- View keys
- View the keys for the specified input file, if indexed
- Character set conversion group
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- Convert character set
- Convert the character set used in the input file from ANSI to EBCDIC or from EBCDIC to ANSI for the output file, depending on the value of the
Character set field; activates the
Records contain non-text data items check box
- Select layout for conversion
- Specify the record layout file to apply to records in the input file
- Records contain non-text data items
- Check when records contain numeric data items; activates the
Select layout for conversion button that enables you to apply a record layout when necessary
- New file group
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- Filename
- Type the full path to and filename of the output file, or click
Browse to use the Open dialog box to select a file.
- Format
- Lists available formats for the output file
- Character set
- Shows the output file character set; changes when
Convert character set is checked
- Organization
- Lists available organizations for the output file
- Define keys
- Specify the details of keys required for an output file of an indexed organization
- Variable length records
- Check to specify that the output file has variable length records; unckeck to specify that the output file has fixed length records
- Minimum length
- Specify the minimum record length for variable length records in the output file
- Maximum length
- Specify the maximum record length in the output file
- Compress data records
- Check to compress data records in the output file
- Load profile
- Load specifications from an existing profile
- Save profile
- Save specifications to a profile
- Convert
- Create an output file from the input file using the specifications on this dialog box
