I7DB8CNV converts the character data in an IMAGE database from any
Hewlett-Packard 7-bit national substitution set to ROMAN8. The program
is a special version of the DBLOAD.PUB.SYS program, and the conversion
is done as part of a database load. The procedure for running I7DB8CNV
is:
Enter:
This unloads the database to tape.
Enter:
This erases the database data.
Enter:
This converts the data and reloads it into the database.
I7DB8CNV requests the following:
The 7-bit national substitution set where the conversion is
to be made.
The database name.
The utility prompts the user: Convert all data fields of
type X or U?. A YES or Return response converts all data
fields of type U or X.
A NO response prompts the user in each data set for
each field of type U or X.
The single field in an automatic data set is not proposed for
conversion. Whether or not its values are converted depends
on the response to the item(s) it is linked to for detail
data set(s). At the end of each data set, the user
is asked to confirm that the correct fields to be converted from that
data set have been selected. Again, a Return is a YES answer;
an N allows the user to change the data fields in the data set to
be converted.
I7DB8CNV then loads the database from tape. As each record is read,
those fields that were selected have their data converted according
to the algorithm for the 7-bit national substitution set selected at
the beginning of the program.
I7DB8CNV does not allow 8-bit data (bytes with the high-order bit
set) in the data fields it is trying to convert. The utility does
not abort, but the field in question is not converted, and a warning
is issued:
8-bit data encountered in item [itemname in DS data set]
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If the program should abort for any reason during the conversion,
the user must log on again to clear the temporary files used
during the conversion process before running the program again.
Title not available shows the dialog from a sample run of the I7DB8CNV
program.
Figure D-2 I7DB8CNV Dialog
RUN I7DB8CNV.PUB.SYS
HP European 7-bit character sets are:
1. SVENSK/SUOMI
2. DANSK/NORSK
3. FRANCAIS
4. FRANCAIS M
5. DEUTSCH
6. UK
7. ESPANOL
8. ESPANOL M
9. ITALIANO
From which character set should conversion be done: 2
WHICH DATA BASE: QWERTZ
Convert all fields of type U,X in all data sets (Y/N)? N
Data Set SET1 fields to be converted:
ITEM1 (Y/N)? Return
ITEM2 (Y/N)? Return
ITEM3 (Y/N)? N
ITEM4 (Y/N)? Return
Is Data Set SET1 correctly defined (Y/N)? Return
Data Set SET2 - Automatic Master
Data Set SET3 fields to be converted:
ITEM1 (Y/N)? Return
ITEM5 (Y/N)? N
ITEM6 (Y/N)? N
Is Data Set SET3 correctly defined (Y/N)? Return
DATA SET 1: 19 ENTRIES
DATA SET 2: 0 ENTRIES
DATA SET 3: 25 ENTRIES
END OF VOLUME 1, 0 READ ERRORS RECOVERED
DATA BASE LOADED
END OF PROGRAM
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