Re: Copying multi-format PF

I understand that this scenerio can be/is confusing, and maybe I'm going about
it all wrong. What is happening is: We will run our custom-built invoicing
process, which will populate the header, detail and total PFs which have the LF
over them. I will then "rename" the logical to the invoice number for this
particular invoice. Then the process happens again. Each invoice number needs
it's own set of header, detail and total files. It would look like this:
Header_invoice_123 ---
Detail_invoice_123    ---
Detail_invoice_123   --- ----> InvoiceLF -----> rename (or copy) to File123
Total_invoice_123  ----

Header_invoice_456 ----
Detail_invoice_456  ----- -----> InvoiceLF -----> rename to File456
Total_invoice_456   -----

and so on.

Clear as mud? Am I going about this wrong? One main problem is that all three
PF's have different record lengths.
John

Pete Clifford wrote:

> Not sure what you're trying achieve by all this I'm afraid John.
>
> You say:
>
> "I need to copy this LF to another file name, clear the PFs, re-populate
> the PFs, copy the LF to another name, etc. The name I'm copying to is
> different each time."
>
> Why do you need to copy  the logical? Why can't you just copy the
> physical(s)? Is it because the logical is the only one with keys and you
> need to copy by key?
>
> Can you also clarify why you're clearing the physicals and then repopulating
> them please?
>
> Any why do you need to copy the LF to another name?
>
> Sorry, not trying to be obtuse, but rather than launch into what you can and
> cannot do with a multi-format logical, I think it's important I/we
> understand what the basic objectives are here.
>
> Pete
>
> "John Furniss" <jfurniss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote in message news:3EA93F61.5C1C8840@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > List,
> >     I searched the archives, but found nothing to help me with this: I
> > have an LF (FileLF) over 3 seperate PFs (FilePF1, FilePF2, FilePF3), and
> > I need to copy this LF to another file name, clear the PFs, re-populate
> > the PFs, copy the LF to another name, etc. The name I'm copying to is
> > different each time.
> >     It may seem like a strange setup, but this makes up an invoice file
> > with three different record lengths (header, detail and total records),
> > hence the 3 different PFs with one LF over all three.
> >     When I try to copy the file with it's three members and try to
> > create the file, get an error saying I cannot copy a multiple member
> > file and do a create at the same time. Can I create a join file for all
> > three?
> >     Ideas?
> >     Thanks in advance,
> >
> > --
> > John Furniss
> > Applications Programmer
> > Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
> > mailto:jfurniss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Phone (330) 343-4283 ext. 8371
> >
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John Furniss
Applications Programmer
Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
mailto:jfurniss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone (330) 343-4283 ext. 8371