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  3. November 2004

Re: API to retrieve data field contents

> Jonathan Mason" wrote:
> I'm looking to write a utility for working with database files, and
allowing
> the display and maintenance of field data.  I'm able to determine the
files
> attributes, record layouts, key structure, etc, etc, by using APIs and now
> need to get hold of the data for display.
>...
> I've used RPG in the past to write API's and the core of the utility will
be
> written in ILE.  I just need to be able to retrieve the contents for any
> file passed to it.

Jonathan -
You're trying to reinvent the wheel -

Unless you're doing this as an brain exercise,
WRKDBF does what you need, and it is free:
http://www.wrkdbf.com/

Regards,
Steve Landess
Austin, Texas
(512) 423-0935

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