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It took a while for what you said to sink in.
WHIRRRR - CLICK
that's the penny dropping


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rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 07/22/2008 11:52:34 AM:

Alan Shore wrote:
Actually you don't need to use a flag. Try this.
if not %open(file);
open file;
endif;

// do stuff

if %open(file);
close file;
endif;


We tried that initially ... but it burned us big time.

We tend to call procedures from within procedures ... and one
procedure might open a a file that another procedure needs.

If the second procedure explicitly closes the file, then the calling
procedure will have a file closed it doesn't expect.

Setting the flag makes sure that we ONLY close the file if we
actually opened it.

david

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