open data set from Text mode to Binary mode

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Hello All,

In a program i am using the command

    OPEN DATASET file FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE
    ENCODING NON-UNICODE IGNORING CONVERSION ERRORS.

Now i want to change this open data set to binary mode. I mean to change the command like below.

OPEN DATASET file FOR OUTPUT IN BINARY MODE.

when i do this. the output in the file is totally changing. I mean previously i have some text now i have some diffrent characters.

How can i use this command with out change in the output as previous output. Please tell me the changes and why i have to do.

 OPEN DATASET file FOR OUTPUT IN BINARY MODE.

Regards,

Lisa.

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Lisa Roy

[Former Member]

Text Mode means that the records in the file have a carriage return marking the end of each record.

Binary Mode means the file is a string of data.

You can't read a text file in BINARY MODE, or a binary file in TEXT MODE.

If you are changing the mode, then you must be supplied with a file in the new mode.

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