Process

This section describes the standard conversions that can be applied by DFHCCNV to specific fields in a conversion template. Other types of conversion are possible, if you write a DFHUCNV program.

Character data

Character data can be converted:

• From ASCII to EBCDIC, on receipt of a request from a connected system, before invoking the EXEC interface
• From EBCDIC to ASCII, on return from the EXEC interface, before the response is transmitted.

The translation tables shipped with CICS conform to the standards described in Character Data Representation Architecture.

Binary data

Binary data can be converted:

• From little-endian to big-endian format, on receipt of a request from a connected system.
• From big-endian to little-endian format, before the response is transmitted.