About Double-Byte Character Sets

If you are working with a positional map from IBM® Sterling Gentran:Server® for Microsoft Windows that uses double-byte character sets, and you are converting that map to work with this product, you must make some adjustments. When Sterling Gentran:Server reads and validates data, the Sterling Gentran:Server translator counts bytes. When the translator reads and validates data, the Translation service counts characters. So, a double-byte character is counted as two positions by Sterling Gentran:Server and one position by this product.

Therefore, for any field that contains a double-byte character set in a positional field, you must adjust the length of the field to account for the difference. The Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor automatically adjusts the minimum and maximum fields on the Validation tab for you. For example, if a field has a maximum length of 32 specified in a Sterling Gentran:Server map, then in the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor the field maximum is 16.