Re: Copying multi-format PF

Thanks, but, sorry, I just need clarify things a bit further. Are you saying
that InvoiceLF is recreated over a different set of physical files for each
invoice? Is that the way it works? The application processes a file called
InvoiceLF, but each time it's called InvoiceLF is built over a different set
of physical files specific to the invoice in question?

Or am I still being thick?

Pete
"John Furniss" <jfurniss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:3EA94C39.ADADF342@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I understand that this scenerio can be/is confusing, and maybe I'm going
about
> it all wrong. What is happening is: We will run our custom-built invoicing
> process, which will populate the header, detail and total PFs which have
the LF
> over them. I will then "rename" the logical to the invoice number for this
> particular invoice. Then the process happens again. Each invoice number
needs
> it's own set of header, detail and total files. It would look like this:
> Header_invoice_123 ---
> Detail_invoice_123    ---
> Detail_invoice_123   --- ----> InvoiceLF -----> rename (or copy) to
File123
> Total_invoice_123  ----
>
> Header_invoice_456 ----
> Detail_invoice_456  ----- -----> InvoiceLF -----> rename to File456
> Total_invoice_456   -----
>
> and so on.
>
> Clear as mud? Am I going about this wrong? One main problem is that all
three
> PF's have different record lengths.
> John
>
> Pete Clifford wrote:
>
> > Not sure what you're trying achieve by all this I'm afraid John.
> >
> > You say:
> >
> > "I need to copy this LF to another file name, clear the PFs, re-populate
> > the PFs, copy the LF to another name, etc. The name I'm copying to is
> > different each time."
> >
> > Why do you need to copy  the logical? Why can't you just copy the
> > physical(s)? Is it because the logical is the only one with keys and you
> > need to copy by key?
> >
> > Can you also clarify why you're clearing the physicals and then
repopulating
> > them please?
> >
> > Any why do you need to copy the LF to another name?
> >
> > Sorry, not trying to be obtuse, but rather than launch into what you can
and
> > cannot do with a multi-format logical, I think it's important I/we
> > understand what the basic objectives are here.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > "John Furniss"
<jfurniss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote in message
news:3EA93F61.5C1C8840@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > List,
> > >     I searched the archives, but found nothing to help me with this: I
> > > have an LF (FileLF) over 3 seperate PFs (FilePF1, FilePF2, FilePF3),
and
> > > I need to copy this LF to another file name, clear the PFs,
re-populate
> > > the PFs, copy the LF to another name, etc. The name I'm copying to is
> > > different each time.
> > >     It may seem like a strange setup, but this makes up an invoice
file
> > > with three different record lengths (header, detail and total
records),
> > > hence the 3 different PFs with one LF over all three.
> > >     When I try to copy the file with it's three members and try to
> > > create the file, get an error saying I cannot copy a multiple member
> > > file and do a create at the same time. Can I create a join file for
all
> > > three?
> > >     Ideas?
> > >     Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > --
> > > John Furniss
> > > Applications Programmer
> > > Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
> > > mailto:jfurniss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Phone (330) 343-4283 ext. 8371
> > >
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> Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
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