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how to transfer file by byte length in unicode system

Former Member

‎03-16-2007 2:19 AM

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hi

I want to transfer a fields length 4 to a file which will be used by non-unicode system.

And because of unicode ,if this field includes 2-byte characters, when i get this field , it display "中国中国"(it is 4 length in unicode system and 8 length in non-unicode), but user need get the field "中国"

Is there some convert function or setting some parameter can control or get it?

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former_member194669
Active Contributor

‎03-16-2007 2:48 AM

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Hi,

While writing to file from unicode to non-unicode system.

OPEN DATASET IN <modus> MODE

TRANSFER/READ

CLOSE DATASET

Here MODE will be LEGACY TEXT/BINARY MODE

Produces an format compatible to non-Unicode systems. Text data is always

written in NON-UNICODE format. Not character-like structures are allowed.

The only difference between TEXT and BINARY is, that in case of TEXT an

EOF (END OF FILE) marker is added.

aRs