RE: add file with same name from different AS/400 into pgm

You can try renaming the record format of the file in the file definition
section of the program. You add    RENAME(formatname:formatname2) in the key
words section.  
This is what we do when we use two logical files in our program, that are
based off of the same file.
 I do not know if this works for physical files or not?

Then if you had the same field names in both files you could add a prefix to
the fields on one of the file specs by doing:
PREFIX(xx)

I don't know if this will work for your problem. But it is the best I can
offer at the time.
Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stone, Joel [SMTP:StoneJ@GourmetAward.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 4:29 PM
> To:   'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RPG: add file with same name from different AS/400 into pgm
> 
> I need to add an order file to a inquiry RPG pgm.  The file has the same
> name as a file already in the pgm.  What is an easy way to accomplish
> this???
> 
> Only one of the files must be open at any point in time, but a user could
> look at one file and then the other in the same session.
> 
> Call qcmdexc to ovrdbf and re-open the file with each read to the orders? 
> 
> Note: I dont think I can use an LF to combine the files, because the
> second file is on another box using DDM, which is sometimes down.  If the
> DDM file is down, I still want the user to be able to see his local
> orders!
> 
> Thanks! 
> 
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