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Streams and Code-page Conversion

Figure 2–6 shows a stream. Streams can include the following application components:

As Figure 2–6 shows, to decide whether or not to convert the code page of data flowing between two application components, Progress considers whether one of the application components is a stream. For more information on streams, see the Progress Programming Handbook .

Streams and the PROTERMCAP File

Certain streams—namely, character terminals, emulators of character terminals, and files accessed by INPUT FROM and OUTPUT TO statements—sometimes undergo a completely different kind of character conversion, one related to the PROTERMCAP file. This file, used by Progress applications that run on UNIX and that have a character interface, associates generic cursor-movement commands with the control codes required by a particular terminal.

Do not confuse data conversion related to code-page differences with data conversion related to the PROTERMCAP file. For more information on the PROTERMCAP file, see the Progress Client Deployment Guide .


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