Conversion Algorithm

The conversion utilities convert records or fields from files that are assumed to have been created at an HP 262X terminal configured for 7-bit operation and for a language other than USASCII. The conversion from the HP 262X implementation of a European 7-bit substitution character set to the 8-bit ROMAN8 character set. This involves converting the values of certain characters stored in the file. Before conversion, the file should look correct on an HP 262X terminal configured for 7-bit operation with the appropriate substitution set. After conversion the file will look correct on any terminal configured for 8-bit operation.

Records and/or fields from files of all types are converted using the same algorithm. The conversion affects only the 12 characters shown in Table D-2 “Character Conversion Decimal Values” (all other characters remain unchanged). There are two rows of information opposite each national substitution set listed in Table D-2 “Character Conversion Decimal Values”:

Table D-3 “Special Character Conversion” shows the special character conversion for specified FRANCAIS M and ESPANOL M characters. If these characters are followed immediately by certain characters, the two-character combination is converted to a single ROMAN8 character, and the field or record being converted is padded at the end with a blank.

	NOTE: If these characters are followed by any other character, they are converted to their ROMAN8 equivalent as shown in Table D-2 “Character Conversion Decimal Values”.