RE: Help Writing File and Members to AS/400

["Jateen Patel" <patel_jateen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

THanks
Jateen





> From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Java Programming on and around the iSeries / 
> AS400<java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Java Programming on and around the iSeries / 
> AS400"<java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Help Writing File and Members to AS/400
> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 15:31:04 -0600
>
> > From: Jateen Patel
> >
> > >I want to write a java class (which would run on the AS/400) that would
> > >accept a fileName, fileMemberName and pContents. The class should then
> > >create a file with the fileName, if it does not already exist
> > and then add
> > >a member with name fileMemberName. Then it should write the String
> > >pContents to the member just created. The length of pContents can be
> > >different for different members in the same file.
>
> AS/400 files are fixed-length.  You cannot have two members with different
> record lengths in the same file.  You need to decide what your record 
> length
> will be for all members, and then if pContents is longer than that, you 
> need
> to write multiple records.
>
> Use the create() method only once, to build the original file.  To add
> members, use addPhysicalFileMember().
>
> Joe
>
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