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.