text: **The apka2e exit**
  The**apka2e**exit translates data that is encoded in ASCII (code set IBM-850) into EBCDIC 
  (code set IBM-037).*If you are converting line data to AFP, consider converting the data to*
  *EBCDIC.*A much wider selection of EBCDIC coded fonts is available than ASCII fonts. Many 
  customers find that it is easier to use character sets and code pages that are supplied by IBM 
  than to create their own character sets and code pages. To use these predefined EBCDIC 
  coded fonts, the data must be in EBCDIC. 
  
  When you use the**apka2e**exit, you must manually change your indexing parameters: 
  
  (cid:2) Change an ASCII CPGID to an EBCIDIC CPGID; for example, change CPGID=850 to 
  CPGID=500. 
  
  (cid:2) Change the HEX codes for the triggers and index names from ASCII to EBCDIC. If you do 
  not, you receive ACIF return code 16, which states that it cannot find trigger1 or any fields. 
  
  We used a hex editor to determine the new EBCDIC values and typed them by keyboard edit 
  into the parameter file. If you do not have a hex editor, you can find conversion tables on the 
  Internet. 