Re: CPYFRMIMPF question.

I'd say use the *DLM style, record delimiter of *ALL, string delimiter
*NONE, field delimiter *TAB (or some character you know won't be in there).

At 11:12 AM 3/27/02 -0500, you wrote:

>Hey all,
>
>I want to copy a pc file (Flat, fixed length, fixed format) to a physical
>file on the 400 (flat, fixed length fixed format).
>
>I want to use *libl to let the os find the file, rather than specifying
>library name.
>
>I've tried CPYFRMSTMF, and it does the copy just the way I want it to, but
>it wants a full qualified path name -
>qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.file/mymember.mbr   - no option for *libl.
>
>I've tried CPYFRMIMPF, and it lets me specify *libl on the qualified
>library/file parm, but it requires a field definition file.
>
>My question is, if my file is not delimited, is flat, no field conversion
>is needed, why do I need a field definition file?  am I missing a parameter
>or something?
>
>Thanks guys!
>
>Rick
>
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