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Using Translation Tables with the Mac

All ETU commands in which data translation occurs include the TRANSILE parameter. The default value for this parameter is TRANSLATE, which exists for translating PC data – not Mac data. If you use a Mac you must change the default value to MACTAB. (If you create a different translation table, then you can specify the new table.)

As an example, the screen in Figure 4-1 displays when you select WSMENUS option #1, FROM3XB. This command transfers data from the host to the micro. Note that the preset translation table file name is TRANSLATE. To correctly translate the data for the Mac, you must change the value to

MACTAB.

Figure 4-1 The FROM3XB prompt screen

Transfer from 3X: (FROM3XB)
Type choices, press Enter.
File name:	. . . . . .	. . . . .		Name
Library name: . . .		. . . . .	*LIBL	Name, *LIBL
Member name:		. . . . .	*FILE	Name, *FILE, *FIRST, *LAST...
*SAVE file type ?: . .		. . . . .	*NO	*YES, *NO
Strip seq/date field ?: . . . .			*NO	*YES, *NO
Type of translate ?: .		. . . . .	*TEXT	*NO, *TEXT, *DIF, *BASICS...
Translation table file name: . .			TRANSLATE	Name, TRANSLATE, MACTAB
Library name: . . .		. . . . .	*LIBL	Name, *LIBL
Member name:		. . . . .	ETOA1	Name
Record length (0=existing): . .			*FILE	0-9989, *FILE
DDS or F & I file name: . . . .			*NONE	Name, *NONE, *DDS
Library name: . . .		. . . . .	*LIBL	Name, *LIBL
Member name:		. . . . .	*FILE	Name, *FILE, *FIRST, *LAST
Qualified	file name: .	. . . . .
				More...
F3=Exit	F4=Prompt	F5=Refresh	F12=Cancel	F13=How to use this display
F24=More keys

Table 4-1 lists the ETU commands that require a translation table file name value. It also lists the commands' corresponding WSMENUS option numbers. For these commands, Mac users must change the TRANSLATE parameter to MACTAB.

Table 4-1 ETU Commands that require a translation table file name

ETU Command	ETU Utilities Menu Option
EDITTABLE	20
PRTXFRMPC	11
PRTXTOPC	9
XLATEFROM	10

Table 4-2 lists the ETU commands that use a translation table file name but don't require the translation. If you do translate the file using these commands, you must specify a translation table. For these commands, Mac users that use a translation table with these commands must change the TRANSLATE parameter to MACTAB.

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