Can HIS serialize / de-serialize host files?

Sam,

As there are a zillion other tools that will do conversions without a mainframe
connection I doubt it's something that would get added to HIS.

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> I am new to HIS and have no mainframe experience, however looking at these
> posts it seems to me I can not use HIS 2006 to convert/import a mainframe
> file into ascii. We get mainframe files from a vendor that conform to a
> copybook. The copybook imports nicely using the Host file project, however I
> dont seem to find a way to import the actual EBCDIC file that conforms to the
> copybook, seems to me a physical connection to the mainframe that is
> required.
> Will such a functionality be there in the future versions?

Neil Pike. Protech Computing Ltd
Microsoft SNA/HIS MVP

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