Comments on: Download from iSeries directly to an Excel xls file – no CSV

By: sillyhp

sillyhp — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:05:19 +0000

My path was using /Root in the IFS, but I needed only to begin with the actual folder /EF which is directly under Root. It’s funny how the simplest things are overlooked. I should also mention that the website to get the CVTPFXLS has moved from geocities to the following:

http://reocities.com/SiliconValley/pines/5581/tips.htm

It took me a couple of days to find it, but worth the trouble. They have a lot of good stuff on their site.

By: tomliotta

tomliotta — Wed, 19 May 2010 23:38:38 +0000

I can point out a couple potential problems; but if you explained how you resolved it, those who come here later might be grateful for your help.

Tom

By: sillyhp

sillyhp — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:00:33 +0000

It took a couple of days, but I figured it out!

By: sillyhp

sillyhp — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:17:40 +0000

Using V5R4M0 of operating system.

CL Command = CVTPFXLS FROMFILE(PJCLIB/AGE) TOSTMF(‘Root/EF/StkSts/Age.xls’) FLDHDR(*TEXT)

Get message: Pointer not set for location referenced.

By: tomliotta

tomliotta — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:59:45 +0000

CL is hardly an appropriate language for trying to put data into a format that is proprietary to an application that runs on a different platform under a different operating system. It can be done, and there are tools that can help such as CVTPFXLS.

If you’re going to use such tools and you have a problem, please show us the problem. Show the code that fails and show the message. Maybe we can help. Please also provide basic information such as i5/OS version/release.

Tom