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On Wednesday 09 May 2001 13:50, you wrote: > I have a quick question... > > If I use the EXTFILE keyword to define which file to open at runtime in > my F specs in V5R1, does that mean I have to internally define my > fields? I would assume since this is a run-time argument that the file > description will not be available to my program. > > Any ideas? Hi Brad I thought this was effectively a compile time OVRDBF - ie to specify the particular member of the file or library it was in. I expect the program would fail if the file definition subsequently turned out to be different at run time. ISTR there was something on this in the voting form for enhancements, but I can't find my copy :-( Regards, Martin -- martin@dbg400.net / jamaro@firstlinux.net http://www.dbg400.net DBG/400 - DataBase Generation utilities Open Source test environment tools for the AS/400 / iSeries and miscellaneous database & spooled file management commands. +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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