Codepage converter

You can use the Codepage converter to convert local files from one codepage to another. If you want to convert a remote file, you must download it first. The Codepage converter can convert more than one file at a time. The Codepage converter processes the changes for files downloaded in either ASCII or binary mode.

The Host On-Demand FTP client does not automatically convert files from one codepage to another. If you use the FTP client to transfer files and you want to convert codepages, you must use the Codepage Converter to convert files before upload and after download.

Starting the Codepage converter

Using the Codepage converter

• Select one of the following supported languages:
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
  • Central Europe
  • Greek
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Latin
  • Russian
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Chinese Simplified
  • Chinese Traditional
• Select the transfer mode: ASCII or binary. If you select binary mode, select the host type for the input and output files.

  If you want to use the binary mode for a mainframe codepage (z/OS or OS/400), set the record length for the file. The Codepage converter does not process files created with variable record lengths.

Input File

• Type the name of the input file in the Name field or click Browse to select a file.
Select the current codepage of the Input File. The following table lists the supported codepages for each language.

Language	Codepage	Description
Arabic	8859_6	Arabic ISO code page for AIX
	Cp1256	Arabic PC code page for Windows 95 and Windows NT
	Cp864	Arabic PC code page for OS/2
	Cp420	EBCDIC Arabic
Hebrew	8859_8	Hebrew ISO code page for AIX
	Cp1255	Hebrew PC code page for Windows 95 and Windows NT
	Cp862	Hebrew PC code page for OS/2
	Cp856	Hebrew code page for AIX
	Cp424	EBCDIC Hebrew
	Cp803	EBCDIC Hebrew
Central Europe	8859_2	ISO 8859-2, Latin-2
	Cp1153	EBCDIC Latin-2 Multilingual, Euro support
	Cp852	PC Latin-2 codepage
	Cp870	EBCDIC Latin-2 Multilingual
Greek	8859_7	ISO 8859-7, Latin/Greek
	Cp869	Modern Greek PC codepage
	Cp875	EBCDIC Greek
Japanese	Cp1390	EBCDIC Mixed Byte Japanese Katakana-Kanji codepage
	Cp1399	EBCDIC Mixed Byte Japanese codepage
	Cp290	EBCDIC Single Byte Japanese Katakana codepage
	Cp930	EBCDIC Mixed Byte Japanese Katakana-Kanji codepage
	Cp939	EBCDIC Mixed Byte Japanese Latin-Kanji codepage
	Cp942	PC Japanese codepage
Korean	Cp1364	EBCDIC Mixed Byte Korean codepage
	Cp933	EBCDIC Mixed Byte Korean codepage
	Cp949	Korean PC codepage
Latin	8859_1	ISO 8859-1, Latin-1
	Cp037	EBCDIC USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Portugal, Brazil
	Cp1046	Arabic codepage for Windows
	Cp1047	Latin-1, open systems
	Cp1140	EBCDIC US and others, Euro support
	Cp1141	EBCDIC Austria and Germany, Euro support
	Cp1142	EBCDIC Denmark and Norway, Euro support
	Cp1143	EBCDIC Finland and Sweden, Euro support
	Cp1144	EBCDIC Italy, Euro support
	Cp1145	EBCDIC Spain and Latin America, Euro support
	Cp1146	EBCDIC United Kingdom, Euro support
	Cp1147	EBCDIC France, Euro support
	Cp1148	EBCDIC Latin-1, Euro support
	Cp1149	EBCDIC Iceland, Euro support
	Cp273	EBCDIC Austria, Germany
	Cp274	Belgium (old)
	Cp275	Brazil
	Cp277	EBCDIC Denmark, Norway
	Cp278	EBCDIC Finland, Sweden
	Cp280	EBCDIC Italy
	Cp284	EBCDIC Spain, Latin America
	Cp285	IBM United Kingdom, Ireland
	Cp297	EBCDIC France
	Cp437	PC codepage for United States, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa
	Cp500	EBCDIC Latin-1
	Cp850	PC Latin-1 codepage
	Cp871	EBCDIC Iceland
	Cp924	EBCDIC Latin-9
Russian	8859_5	ISO 8859-5, Latin/Cyrillic
	Cp1025	EBCDIC Cyrillic (Multilingual)
	Cp1112	EBCDIC Latvia, Lithuania
	Cp1122	EBCDIC Estonia
	Cp1123	EBCDIC Ukraine
	Cp1154	EBCDIC Cyrillic (Multilingual), Euro support
	Cp1156	EBCDIC Baltic (Multilingual), Euro support
	Cp1157	EBCDIC Estonia, Euro support
	Cp1158	EBCDIC Cyrillic and Ukraine, Euro support
	Cp855	Cyrillic PC codepage
	Cp866	Russian PC codepage
Thai	Cp1160	Thai with Low Tone Marks and Ancient Characters
	Cp838	EBCDIC Thai
	Cp874	Thai PC codepage
Turkish	8859_9	ISO 8859-9, Latin/Turkish
	Cp1026	EBCDIC Turkey
	Cp1155	EBCDIC Turkey, Euro support
	Cp857	Turkish PC codepage
Chinese Simplified	Cp1381	Simplified Chinese PC codepage
	Cp1388	EBCDIC Simplified Chinese
	Cp935	EBCDIC Mixed Byte, Simplified Chinese
Chinese Traditional	Cp1371	EBCDIC Traditional Chinese
	Cp937	EBCDIC Mixed Byte, Traditional Chinese
	Cp948	Traditional Chinese codepage for OS/2
	Cp950	Traditional Chinese PC codepage
	Cp964	Traditional Chinese codepage for AIX

Bidirectional support

If you select Arabic or Hebrew, you can choose the text type and text orientation of the input file.

• Select the current text type of the input file. The default is Logical.
• Select the current text orientation of the input file. The default is Left to Right.

Output File

• Type the name of the Output File or click Browse to select a file.
• Select the codepage for the Output File. The codepage for the Output File must be different from the codepage for the Input File.

Bidirectional support

If you select Arabic or Hebrew, you can choose the text type and text orientation of the output file.

• Select the Text Type for the Output File. The default is Logical.
• Select the text orientation of the output file. The default is Left to Right.

Symmetric Swapping

Symmetric swapping is only available for Arabic and Hebrew. If you want to force symmetric swapping, select Symmetric Swapping.

LamAlef Transform and Numeral Shape

The LamAlef Transform and Numeral Shape options are available only for Arabic. If LamAlef is enabled and if the Input File is Visual and the Output File is Logical, then the expansion function is applied to all LamAlef characters in the Input File (one lamalef character is expanded to two characters - lam followed by alef).

If the Input File is Logical and the Output File is Visual, then the compression function is applied to all LamAlef characters in the Input File (two characters lam and alef are compressed to one visual character).

If LamAlef is disabled, no expansion and compression can be done during the conversion.

Starting the conversion

Once you complete the previous steps, click Start Conversion to start the conversion.

Converting more than one file

Making changes to the selected files

1. Highlight the input file and output file to change the conversion configuration.
2. Click Edit.
3. Make changes to the input file and output file parameters.
4. Click Update in List to save your changes.
5. Click Start Conversion. All the files in the Input File and Output File list will be converted.

Removing a file from the Input File and Output File list

To remove a file from the Input File and Output File list, select the file you want to remove and click Remove.

Exiting the Codepage converter

To close the Codepage converter window, click Close.