Re: Internally defined by key value?

["James W. Kilgore" <qappdsn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

For a program described file use 'I' instead of "K".  You will need to specify
the the key length and start position also.

>From an old RPGIII program my file statement looks like this:

 FMT F  .....FFilenameIPEAF....RlenLK1AIOvKlocEDevice+......KExit++Entry+A....U
 0001.00     FFILENAMEIP  F     256 99AI     2 DISK

 HTH



Jim Langston wrote:

> <<snip>>
>
> But... when I normally open files I also specify they be opened by Key,
> by specifiing the K.  I know that if I don't specify the K then the records
> will come in arrival sequence.  RPG won't let me specify K in a File
> described file.
>
> So, what do I do?  How do I get key sequence by a file described file?
>

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