XCOM Windows to z/OS EBCDIC transfer does not remove CRLF "new line" characters

Products

• XCOM Data Transport
• XCOM Data Transport - Windows

Issue/Introduction

XCOM Windows to z/OS (Mainframe) transfer using CODE=EBCDIC does not remove the Windows "new line" CRLF characters resulting in corrupted text e.g.

Windows file:

test line 1'
test line 2’
test line 3`
test line 4
test line 5


Result on z/OS:

 -----------
test line 1'
 -----------
..test line
 -----------
2...test lin
 -----------
e 3`..test l
 -----------
ine 4 ..test
 -----------
 line 5    
 -----------

Environment

XCOM™ Data Transport® for Windows 11.6 SP03

Cause

11.6 SP03 GA version ("r11.6 20035 SP03")  is being used.
Under "r11.6 20035 SP03" the default value of parameter CARRIAGE_FLAG is NO and CARRIAGE_FLAG=YES is not being manually set for this transfer.
Per doc. page CARRIAGE_FLAG:
*****
YES
Indicates that the transferred file is a text file and a new-line character should be added to the end of incoming records. Also, new-line characters are removed from the ends of lines before an outgoing record is sent.
*****

Resolution

The first patch after GA did change the default to YES which is as per the documented default value on page CARRIAGE_FLAG.
After including CARRIAGE_FLAG=YES in the transfer the file on z/OS was not corrupted i.e.

 -----------
test line 1'
 -----------
test line 2.
 -----------
test line 3`
 -----------
test line 4
 -----------
test line 5
 -----------

Additional Information

To avoid having to set CARRIAGE_FLAG=YES in the xcomtcp transfer parameters apply the latest 11.6 SP03 patch.
XCOM for Windows 11.6 Solutions page: XCOM Data Transport for Windows Family Server WINDOWS-ALL 11.6