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Fujitsu Data Converter for SPARC Architecture

The table below lists key features and benefits of Data Converter.

Feature Summary Detail of Feature Benefit of Feature
Text file conversions Converts text files containing either fixed- or variable-length records between EBCDIC and ASCII code systems and formats. Enables exchange of source and text files between EBCDIC and ASCII systems, or migration of code and text from EBCDIC systems to the Sun Solaris platform.
Data file conversions

COBOL products supported:

  • NetCOBOL for SPARC Architecture
  • Sun National COBOL

COBOL file organizations supported:

  • Record sequential
  • Line sequential
  • Relative
  • Indexed

Other file formats:

  • CSV suitable for passing data to/from databases
  • Output to text files

Character set conversions between:

  • EBCDIC
  • ASCII
  • User-defined conversion tables

Supported data types:

  • All COBOL-specific data types such as display numeric items with included signs and packed decimal.
  • Note that the converter is able to perform conversions between data types as well as changing field lengths.

Provides the ability to perform most of the conversions required in typical COBOL application use, such as:

  • Migrating data from one system to another
  • Sharing data between systems
  • Loading test files
  • Unloading data
Handling multiple record formats 

The Data Converter can handle files that contain multiple record formats. By defining a format selection control statement you can specify which record format to use for different record types.

This feature also lets you extract records of a particular format/type.

 Important ability for supporting all existing files.