WED dropping characters

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   I recently used WED to copy a record from one server to another.  One of the lines in the record contained a string of EBCDIC characters.  After having problems with the copy of the record, I discovered that WED was dropping all EBCDIC zero characters (0xf0).

The actual record data was
^198^211^241^241^240^241K^240^240^242^240^240^246^240^243^240^243
which translates to FL1101.0020060303.
What WED presented when I edited the record was
^198^211^241^241^241K^242^246^243^243
which translates to FL111.2633.

Is this something that can be corrected or does the communication between the server and WED.EXE on the PC use 0xf0 for a special purpose?

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Auctor Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: February 28 2017 Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote Auctor Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: WED dropping characters Posted: November 08 2018 at 6:58am
	I recently used WED to copy a record from one server to another. One of the lines in the record contained a string of EBCDIC characters. After having problems with the copy of the record, I discovered that WED was dropping all EBCDIC zero characters (0xf0). The actual record data was ^198^211^241^241^240^241K^240^240^242^240^240^246^240^243^240^243 which translates to FL1101.0020060303. What WED presented when I edited the record was ^198^211^241^241^241K^242^246^243^243 which translates to FL111.2633. Is this something that can be corrected or does the communication between the server and WED.EXE on the PC use 0xf0 for a special purpose?

PSchellenbach Members Profile Find Members Posts Admin Group Moderator Joined: December 15 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2150	Post Options Post Reply Quote PSchellenbach Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 12 2018 at 10:10am
	Hi Auctor - I don't think wED is responsible for dropping the 0xF0 characters. I created a test item on QM, that contained a few CHAR(240) characters in the record, and was able to open it in wED, modify the item, save from wED and re-open without losing any characters. Thanks, Pete

Auctor Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: February 28 2017 Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote Auctor Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 13 2018 at 5:00am
	Interesting. I'll try to find some time in the next few weeks to track down where the characters are being dropped.