Hex Code for EoF indicator

[Former Member]

Hi Folks,

I have a requirement to develop a flat extract program (no issue there). The problem is that the users require a '' character to indicate end of file.

I presume that there is a hex or unicode character that represents this character. Can anyone tell me a) what it is, or how to find out if it is contained in the installation codepage; and b) how to I write the hex character to the dataset - all attempts to write out hex characters have resulted in the text value representing the associated symbol being written out in character format (i.e. 20 rather than ' ', for example).

Sincerest thanks.

Regards,

Steve

[athavanraja]

list of hex characters

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C0_and_C1_control_codes

DATA:eof TYPE x VALUE '1A' .

Regards

Raja

[Former Member]

Hi folks,

Follow-up problem - I've opened the dataset for output as a character field, but I get a dump when I try to write the hex value for EoF ('1A') to the dataset. The error states that system interprets the type x field as a 'non-character type', and therefore won't permit it to be written to the dataset.

I've tried changing the encoding parameter on the open dataset statement from default to non-unicode, but with no success. Similarly, I've tried to convert the hex value to character, but then I get a character field with the value '1A' instead to the box symbol I require.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Steve

[Former Member]

Hi Stephen,

Even I am facing the similar problem.

I have to prepare a file in SAP to be sent to the Mainframe system to be faxed to the client.

It contains these control charaters(hex 1A) and I have no clue on how to represent this symbol in SAP and send it to the mainframe system.

In case you were able to find a solution to this problem,let me know.

A quick response would be highly appreciated as it is urgent.

Regards,

Puneet Jhari.