RE: EXTNAME questions....

My guess is that it's not a valid symbolic name in RPG.  The manual sez:

 
The following rules apply to all symbolic names except for deviations
noted in the description of each symbolic name:
 
   The first character of the name must be alphabetic. This includes
the characters $, #, and @.
 
   The remaining characters must be alphabetic or numeric. This
includes the underscore (_).
 


Doesn't answer your real question though.  Seems like you should be able
to use a valid file name in a program.  I notice it doesn't work on an F
spec either.  There must be some way around it.  Ezview and DBU don't
seem to have any trouble with files that have periods in their names.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stone, Brad V (TC OASIS) [mailto:bvstone@taylorcorp.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 11:31 AM
> To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: EXTNAME questions....
> 
> 
> I have a physical file that I created to be used as an external data
> structure.  The file is named the following:
> 
> ITM02_1.01
> 
> Compiled fine, and all.
> 
> Now, when I reference this file in the EXTNAME keyword of my 
> D Spec, as
> shown here:
> 
>  D ITM02         E DS                  EXTNAME(ITM02_1.01) INZ 
> 
> It tells me the parameter is invalid.  I removed the period, 
> and it accepts
> it.  This tells me that it doesn't like the period.
> 
> Now, why can I create a file with that name, but I can't 
> reference it in the
> EXTNAME keyword?
> 
> Bradley V. Stone
> BVS/Tools
> http://www.bvstools.com
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