IFS

move document to AS400 (Iseries) folder

How do you move (or copy) a document from an IFS directory to an Iseries folder?

InfoPrint - Spool File to PDF mapping object

have got spool file to pdf working using infoprint, stored in IFS and sent as email. Does anyone have example of mapping object so change directory path and name of pdf file when stored in ifs? System uses job name etc. which will be variable. Thanks

CPY an IFS file from one directory to another

I have a file in a folder on the IFS -we will call the folder MYFILES and the file is FILEA. I want to copy a duplicate of the file to folder YOURFILES with the name FILEA. The command is: CPY OBJ('/MYFILES/FILEA.csv') TOOBJ('YOURFILES/FILEA.csv') REPLACE(*YES) I get the following error:...

Creating a text file from AS/400 for a purchase order

I would like to create a text file from the AS400, I need to be able to have a header line followed by line details. It's a Purchase Order which I need to email as a text file. What is the best way of doing this?

calling java function running on websphere from as/400

How to call a java program running on web sphere application server from System i? We are able to call a java program deployed on System i on IFS directory using RPG ILE.

Mapping to IFS from another domain

Iseries and AD profiles are synch'd for mapping IFS Shares. We now have other users from another domain accessing the shares, If the get the windows Signo window what need to be inputted?

IFS maximum record size

I retrieved a file via FTP and placed it on the AS/400 IFS drive. Then when I viewed the data all the records wrapped at 4096 characters. Is this a system limit or is there a system config that can be changed to allow longer record lengths?

Copying an externally-described file to the IFS

Hello, I need to copy several externally-described files to the IFS. What is the best way to copy an externally-described file on the iseries to the IFS on the same iseries? I am wanting the file on the IFS to be in either EBCDIC, ASCII, BINARY, or Comma Separated Variable format. I thought...

How do I convert a Unix text file from IFS to a DB file on AS400?

I've got a flat text file that I want to convert from AS400 IFS to a Database file. First I want to convert to a flat file just to prove I can. The File is being Sent via FTP from Unix to AS400/IFS. Files have been sent in both unix txt format and MDOS format. Both files can be displayed on IFS no...

Mapping IFS drive using Vista and IBM i V5R1

Is it possible to Map a Drive (IFS) using Windows Vista and V5R1? I have searched the Web and I see that IBM does not support Vista until V5R4 but we are a software developer and we need to support V5R1 customers. And I know just because IBM does not support it does not mean someone has not made...

PDF saved as stream file

I'm using the as400 to convert a spool file to PDF and store in the IFS using the IBM supplied mapping object. The stream file never gets saved to IFS because the writer keeps ending when every a spool file to be save as PDF in IFS is released. I do not see a cause for the writer being...

CPYTOIMPF performance problem

Since moving from V5R4M0 to V6R1M0 our program that copies from a PF to an import file on the IFS using the CPYTOIMPF command has had major performance issues. What used to take 30 minutes to copy now takes as much as 24 hours.

Have an Excel macro download data to the iSeries

Is it possible to code an Excel macro to download a spread sheet to the IFS (on the iSeries) and then to start an iSeries job to process the downloaded data?

Copying CSV files to IFS

Hi! I have a Java application that creates a CSV file in the hard disk (C:), and I need to copy it to an AS400, in its IFS. I created a folder in the IFS, named /myfolder. I use this command to create the file to the IFS: ifs = new IFSFileOutputStream(AS400System, fileName + ".csv"); But I receive...

Error in CPYFRMIMPF

Hi All I am trying to copy a .stmf from the IFS Folder using CPYFRMIMPF + FROMSTMF('/TRANSFER/NAD/Contract/Telexit/SF+ 5008AK') TOFILE(SF5008AK) MBROPT(*ADD) + STRDLM(*NONE) FLDDLM(',') /* 001 */ ...

Can't map to IFS Folder

For the last 2 years I've had a mapping to an IFS folder from my PC. I ran a registry cleaner to fix another problem (it worked) and at the end of the month I noticed that my mapping to the IFS folder did not work on from my computer. I remapped to the same drive, but it continues to prompt me for...

PGP Encryption on iSeries

I need to be able to take a file sitting on my IFS and PGP encrypt it before sending it out to my partner. Is this capability native? Do i need to purchase a third party package?

Windows Mapping to IFS

After creating a folder in /home and giving PUBLIC and the user Full authority, we map to the folder from windows explorer. Some how the folder is 'read only' How do I change this?

Listing the IFS to a file

We need to list the contents of the IFS and then list the contents of each directory. We need to output this to a file so that we can put it on a PC. We can see how to read a directory when we know the path. However we can’t see how to list the IFS to a file. Does anyone know how to do this?

Reading IFS file from CL program

I have a requirement of reading a IFS file from CL program. As far as I know there is no direct way of achieving this. I am planning ot use CPYFRMSTMF followed by CPYF to copy the IFS file first as a memeber and then as a database file. Is there any better way to achieve this? Regards Sudip