Does Drag and Drop perform ASCII/EBCDIC Translation of VSAM and QSAM files?
Drag and Drop will do the following for variable length sequential files being downloaded from the mainframe: if ASCII/EBCDIC translation is OFF, then it will convert the file, using DFCONV, to the EBCDIC, variable-length, sequential Micro Focus format. If ASCII/EBCDIC translation is ON, then it will write the file as a standard Workstation file, with CRLF at the end of each logical line (also known as Line Sequential format). Normally, nothing special is done about the imbedded fields. If you do not use the ASCII/EBCDIC translation, then you get the same data as on the mainframe, if you do use the ASCII/EBCDIC translation, then the whole record is translated. If you wish to use a workstation component to do some logical translation, then drag it down without translation, and then use the component on the resulting EBCDIC, variable-length, sequential Micro Focus format file to create the required file in the required format. By setting an environment variable, you may force MFA to down
