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File transfers - ASC vs BIN ?

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Former Member

‎2011 Feb 04 4:41 PM

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Hi everyone !

Can somebody explain to me the "technical" difference between transfering files in ASC vs BIN mode.

I use TCode CG3Y to download files from the SAP server to my PC and I noticed that ASC mode truncates (after ?? characters on the same line) where BIN does not but... other than that, there has to be something else that differs from the 2 xfer modes... Any idea ?

Thanks in advance.

José Paquette

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Former Member

‎2011 Feb 04 5:06 PM

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Caution CG3Y is OLD....minimal width (255 characters?) supported....I don't use CG3Y since most file widths I use are longer, or can be longer, than 255 characters.

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‎2011 Feb 04 5:06 PM

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Caution CG3Y is OLD....minimal width (255 characters?) supported....I don't use CG3Y since most file widths I use are longer, or can be longer, than 255 characters.

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‎2011 Feb 04 5:25 PM

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Hi "BreakPoint" !

Thanks fo rthe info on CG3Y... Can I ask you what do you use then for your file transfers?