I am curious as to why you need to create user DSN? Is this related to the way in which you have ODBC defined at your location?
You can also use the file transfer in Client Access to download the file to the PC. It's self explanatory, especially downloading.
You ought to be able to get clear information on this from your IT Department - it's not just JDE related. And it's the BASICS of working with an AS/400.
It's really scary just how many people are generating programs these days and not aware of how to do the basics. In the "good old days" junior programmers were the ones who were learning and always had their peers in the company to learn from. From the frequent recent discussions both on JDEList and various other newsgroups, it seems like junior programmers are in charge of the design and development of complex programs and interfaces, or that they don't have anyone who does know what they are doing to turn to. I'm just hoping I never have to deal with one of those implementations, because even the best of us still get the design wrong occasionally despite our experiences in understanding what a user needs.