Comp3 or Packed Decimal

[EAI]

Hi,

I have a requirement to deal with Comp3 / Packed Decimal files from
and to Mainframe. Is there a commercial component or open source
solution that can help me with the conversion?

Thanks.

 

[Mike Lovell]

I have a requirement to deal with Comp3 / Packed Decimal files from

and to Mainframe. Is there a commercial component or open source
solution that can help me with the conversion?

You should be able to write one (or have a programmer knock one up for you)
very easily.

Microsoft have an example in VB, you'd just have to port that to .NET.
Well, I guess you could just use VB6 but, you know, using VB6 is a bit
vintage!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65323

Looks like a pretty simple format and well documented.

 

[Mike Lovell]

I have a requirement to deal with Comp3 / Packed Decimal files from

You should be able to write one (or have a programmer knock one up for
you) very easily.

Microsoft have an example in VB, you'd just have to port that to .NET.
Well, I guess you could just use VB6 but, you know, using VB6 is a bit
vintage!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65323

Looks like a pretty simple format and well documented.

Someone has ported it to VB.NET