Convert message (CONVERT)

This attribute specifies that the message must be converted into the format required by the receiving system before transmission.

Application message data is typically converted by the receiving application. However, if the remote queue manager is on a platform that does not support data conversion, use this channel attribute to specify that the message must be converted into the format required by the receiving system before transmission.

The possible values are yes and no. If you specify yes, the application data in the message is converted before sending if you have specified one of the built-in format names, or a data conversion exit is available for a user-defined format (See Writing data-conversion exits ). If you specify no, the application data in the message is not converted before sending.

This attribute is valid for channel types of:

• Sender
• Server
• Cluster sender
• Cluster receiver

Parent topic: Channel attributes in alphabetical order