Preserving ASA Printer Control Characters When Transferring FBA/VBA Files from z/OS to Open Systems

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The information in this article applies to:

Product: MIM and PM4Data
Version: 8.x
Platforms: Open Systems and z/OS

Issue

• When FBA and VBA files are transferred from z/OS, the default behavior of the transfer is to change the ASA Printer Control Characters into their open systems equivalents (form feed, page eject, etc). There may be times when you want to preserve the original ASA character from column 1 (blank, 0, 1, -, +, etc.).

Resolution

• In order to preserve the ASA Printer Control Characters add the -logical option to the request. For example, here is an FTF command line request with the -logical option:

  ftf -sqm MVS -dqm WINDOWS -spath DEVXXX.SUPER -dpath c:\\report2.txt -type text -wait 10 -logical FTF Request completed successfully (39c697df-f8e8-4e31-b339-8c3360717e67), time=0 secs!
  

  The following is the file as displayed on Windows:

  1 ISRSUPC - MVS/PDF FILE/LINE/WORD/BYTE/SFOR COMPARE UTILITY- ISPF FOR z/OS 2006/09/25 8.00 PAGE 1 NEW: SQAKSK.DI.QA5H.DPDS(GMT1Y82) OLD: SQAKSK.DI.SPDS(MT1) NUMBER OF RIDERS 0 ANNUA - 1449 NUMBER OF LINE MATCHES 0 TOTAL CHANGES (PAIRED+NONPAIRED CHNG) 0 REFORMATTED LINES 0 PAIRED CHANGES (REFM+PAIRED INS/DEL) 0 NEW FILE LINE INSERTIONS 0 NON-PAIRED INSERTS 0 OLD FILE LINE DELETIONS 0 NON-PAIRED DELETES 1449 NEW FILE LINES PROCESSED 1449 OLD FILE LINES PROCESSED + LISTING-TYPE = DELTA COMPARE-COLUMNS = 1:1496 LONGEST-LINE = 73 PROCESS OPTIONS USED: NONE
  

• Here is an FTF command line request without the -logical option:

  ftf -sqm MVS -dqm WINDOWS -spath DEVXXX.SUPER -dpath c:\\report.txt -type text -wait 10 FTF Request completed successfully (6d5db862-3298-4a97-ba84-072d6fba3802), time=2 secs!
  

  The following is the file as displayed on Windows:

  . ISRSUPC - MVS/PDF FILE/LINE/WORD/BYTE/SFOR COMPARE UTILITY- ISPF FOR z/OS 2006/09/25 8.00 PAGE 1 NEW: SQAKSK.DI.QA5H.DPDS(GMT1Y82) OLD: SQAKSK.DI.SPDS(MT1) NUMBER OF RIDERS 0 ANNUA 1449 NUMBER OF LINE MATCHES 0 TOTAL CHANGES (PAIRED+NONPAIRED CHNG) 0 REFORMATTED LINES 0 PAIRED CHANGES (REFM+PAIRED INS/DEL) 0 NEW FILE LINE INSERTIONS 0 NON-PAIRED INSERTS 0 OLD FILE LINE DELETIONS 0 NON-PAIRED DELETES 1449 NEW FILE LINES PROCESSED 1449 OLD FILE LINES PROCESSED LISTING-TYPE = DELTA COMPARE-COLUMNS = 1:1496 LONGEST-LINE = 73 PROCESS OPTIONS USED: NONE
  

• Here is the original z/OS FBA file displayed using ISPF:

  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , File, Edit, Edit\_Settings, Menu, Utilities, Compilers, Test, Help, sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss VIEW ,DEVXXX.SUPER ,Columns,00001,00132, Command ===>, ,Scroll ===>,CSR , \*\*\*\*\*\*,\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Top of Data \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 000001,1 ISRSUPC - MVS/PDF FILE/LINE/WORD/BYTE/SFOR COMPARE UTILITY- ISPF FOR z/OS 2006/09/25 8.00 PAGE 1 000002, NEW: SQAKSK.DI.QA5H.DPDS(GMT1Y82) OLD: SQAKSK.DI.SPDS(MT1) 000003, NUMBER OF RIDERS 0 ANNUA 000004,- 000005, 1449 NUMBER OF LINE MATCHES 0 TOTAL CHANGES (PAIRED+NONPAIRED CHNG) 000006, 0 REFORMATTED LINES 0 PAIRED CHANGES (REFM+PAIRED INS/DEL) 000007, 0 NEW FILE LINE INSERTIONS 0 NON-PAIRED INSERTS 000008, 0 OLD FILE LINE DELETIONS 0 NON-PAIRED DELETES 000009, 1449 NEW FILE LINES PROCESSED 000010, 1449 OLD FILE LINES PROCESSED 000011,+ 000012, LISTING-TYPE = DELTA COMPARE-COLUMNS = 1:1496 LONGEST-LINE = 73 000013, PROCESS OPTIONS USED: NONE 000014, \*\*\*\*\*\*,\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Bottom of Data \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*