Translation tables need to appear in pairs XCOMN0456E XCOMN0457E

Products

• XCOM Data Transport
• XCOM Data Transport - Windows
• XCOM Data Transport - Linux PC
• XCOM Data Transport - z/OS

Issue/Introduction

This document describes the most likely reason for occurrence of error messages
XCOMN0456E Cannot open EBCDIC-ASCII translation file.
and
XCOMN0457E Cannot open ASCII-EBCDIC translation file.

Environment

Release: XCOM for Windows 11.6, 12.0
Component: xcpcnt

Cause

Translation files must exit in pairs

Resolution

When using transfer tables during a transfer you may specify CODETABL=<xxx> where <xxx> can be any combination of characters. This allows you to use a specific transfer table for a transfer and frees you from the restriction of one transfer table for all transfers.

But when you code CODETABL=<xxx> you need to provide both tables: the <xxx>atoe.tab for transfers from ASCII to EBCDIC and <xxx>etoa.tab for transfers from EBCDIC to ASCII. If one of both tables is missing the transfer is not executed and error message
XCOMN0456E Cannot open EBCDIC-ASCII translation file.
or
XCOMN0457E Cannot open ASCII-EBCDIC translation file.
is displayed instead.