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Re: How do I find the length of a field that is externally define d?

Yeppp.... I thought better of my suggestion as soon as
I hit send.

I started to go there(api's), but that is a
"messy" solution on a good day. API's are a royal
but powerful pain in the wazoo.

He will need QDBRTVFD & QUSLFLD

There is "freeware" program floating around called
display record format that has most of the code needed
to do what he wants. DSPRCDFM is what I have found in
earlier searches.



Goodbar, Loyd (ETS - Water Valley) wrote:

The size parameter for RTVOBJD is the size of the object, not the record
format. RTVMBRD does not return any size information, only number of
records. Sounds like it's time to use an API, such as Retrieve Database File
Description (QDBRTVFD), which has the record format size.

That would necessitate knowing which file and format is in the hidden field.



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