re: a sequential physical file on the PC

Pete, 

I think I mislead people.  :(  Sorry.  To try to set the record straight
here is too much stuff, but rather too much than continue to mislead you
guys.  

I did write in the RPG language, which was my point of interest.  The
assumption others are making is that I wrote on an AS/400.  In fact I was
using Visual Age RPG on my PC and wasn't connected at all to the AS/400 at
the time.   Now I realize that I can write any programs I want to, on
either platform, or both platforms in the same program and not need to
deal with file transfers, etc.

For interest, I am pasting the response I have made to others that have
asked:

=============================================================================
Visual RPG.    I gotta tell you, it is blowing me away.  This sucker
works.  Its fast, and more importantly, I can figure it out.  My only
programming knowledge is RPG, and I ain't no boy genius as you can tell
from reading my posts.

(there's a free CD-ROM from IBM btw.
The site is:

   http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/varpg/

links to:

   http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/varpg/orderinfo.html

for ordering your copy, including Code/400.)

To answer your exact question though:  Here's the code:
(I've deleted a bunch of lines for clarity.  Set your reader for fixed
format) 
<pre>
      *
     FAPFILE    UF A F  217        DISK    USROPN EXTFILE(FILE)
     F                                     RECNO(CUR)
      *
     D FILE            S            128    INZ('APFILE.DAT')
      *
      * Define input fields for local file:
     IAPFILE    NS  01
     I                                  1    5  CUSTNO
     I                                  6   35  CUSTNA
     I                                 36   65  ADDRESS
     I                                 66   95  ADDRESS2
     I                                 96  125  CITY
     I                                126  140  POST
     I                                141  160  CONT
     I                                161  177  PHONE

********************************************************* 
      *                                                  
      *
      * Output specs to add/update records               
      *                                                  
*********************************************************
      *
     OAPFILE    EADD         NEW
     O                       CUSTNO               5
     O                       CUSTNA              35
     O                       ADDRESS             65
     O                       ADDRESS2            95
     O                       CITY               125
     O                       POST               140
     O                       CONT               160
     O                       PHONE              177
      *
     OAPFILE    E            UPDATE
     O                       CUSTNO               5
     O                       CUSTNA              35
     O                       ADDRESS             65
     O                       ADDRESS2            95
     O                       CITY               125
     O                       POST               140
     O                       CONT               160
     O                       PHONE              177
</Pre>


In <199806140139.UAA24915@iria.inwave.com>, on 06/13/98 
   at 08:37 PM, Pete Hall <peteh@inwave.com> said:

>At 02:43 PM 6/13/98 -0400, Booth Martin wrote:
>>Next I think I will see if I can have both an AS/400 file and a PC file in
>>the same RPG program, swapping information one to the other.
>>
>>Am I over reacting?   Is this really no big deal?  Or has IBM's Stealth
>>Marketing Team(tm) decided to provide us with a whole new set of
>>solutions?

>Booth,

>You got my attention. How did you accomplish this?

>Pete


>Pete Hall
>peteh@inwave.com 
>http://www.inwave.com/~peteh/

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