Re: RPG & the IFS & CSV

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 13 May 2002, Hatzenbeler, Tim wrote:
>
> I know I have seen bits and pieces posted by Scott, but when I went back to
> the archives I had trouble finding the post and or posts, that would allow
> me to put it together... But I was hoping maybe someone could help...
>
> I would like to have my RPG, check for the existance of an IFS file, and if
> it's not there, create a PC compatable stream file, so I could populate it
> with comma seperated fields (csv), so excel can read it.

Here's the source to a command that I wrote which checks for the existance
of stream files in the IFS.   Granted, it's a bit more than you probably
want to do, but since the source is in RPG, you can use it as an example
of how to check for existance:

     http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200106/msg00761.html

As for writing the data... I know I've posted examples of that, so
I went and searched the RPG400-L archives...  WOW that's a lot of hits,
and not fun to sort through. :)   It'd almost be quicker for me to
write something that sort through it.

Here's one link that looks promising:
     http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200003/msg00392.html

and here's another:
     http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/199905/msg00078.html


Those prototypes should really be updated to use options(*string), though
as I wrote them when I was still at V3R2.   Still, they might help you get
going.

You might also take a look at my (unfinished, outdated and really awful)
start of a tutorial on the subject here:
     http://klement.dstorm.net/rpg/ifs.html


Some day I'll actually work on that thing again.  :)