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From: "Scott, Bill" <Bill.Scott@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:17:58 -0500
I'm familiar with the PRTCMNTRC and have downloaded the sample file iseries.cap.
The spool file output of PRTCMNTRC is just a normal spool file, but iseries.cap is not only ASCII, but also seems to be double-byte format.
Could you ask the poster of iseries.cap how the AS400 spool file was moved to the pc or if their AS400 has double byte enabled?
If there is no good answer,  I'll write a routine to stick a hex FFFE in the beginning of the file and insert a hex 00 after every byte.
I can also send the comm traces in other formats, if it will be of any assistance.
 
iseries.cap fisrt lin as it appears in notepad
 
 COMMUNICATIONS TRACE       Title:                                   11/15/05  15:27:19                           Page:       1
iseries.cap in Hex
 
FFFE200043004F004D004D0055004E004900430041
00540049004F004E00530020005400520041004300
450020002000200020002000200020005400690074
006C0065003A002000200020002000200020002000
200020002000200020002000200020002000200020
002000200020002000200020002000200020002000
2000200020002000200020002000310031002F0031
0035002F003000350020002000310035003A003200
37003A003100390020002000200020002000200020
002000200020002000200020002000200020002000
200020002000200020002000200020002000200050
006100670065003A00200020002000200020002000
200031000D000A
 
 
My file first line as it appears in notepad
 
 COMMUNICATIONS TRACE       Title: BOCA TRACE                        04/12/06  16:55:07                           Page:       1
 
 
 
My file in Hex
20434F4D4D554E49434154494F4E53205452414345
202020202020205469746C653A20424F4341205452
414345202020202020202020202020202020202020
20202020202030342F31322F3036202031363A3535
3A3037202020202020202020202020202020202020
202020202020202020506167653A20202020202020
310D0D0A0D0A
 
 

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