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  • Subject: Re: user open file with a variable not a constant
  • From: "Denis Robitaille" <DRobitaille@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:28:14 -0400

This can't be done. But there is a partial way around that I know. If the 
different files that you want to open are similar (same field names, same 
records name), you can issu an OVRDBF to the files that you want yo open before 
doing the OPEN in the RPG program.

Denis Robitaille
Directeur service technique
Cascades Inc
819 363 5187
fax 819 363 5177


>>> "Wayne Achenbaum" <wache@slomins.com> 08/27 9:56 AM >>>
Hello all, I'm new to this list. I have an Rpgxxx question. Does anyone know
a way to user open a file in rpg with the file name not in quotes, but in a
variable? Thanks in advance

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