RE: reading different files according to user input

Yivi,

All the manual is saying is that if you have the following:

     fMyFile    if   e           k disk    extfile('REALFILE')

Then MyFile must exist at compile time, 'REALFILE' doesn't need to exist till 
the program is run.

MyFile is only needed at compile time, you could delete it once the program has 
been created and it won't hurt anything.


HTH,

Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Yivi
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 1:57 AM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: reading different files according to user input
> 
> 
> > 
> > you have to change DOW 1=0 in either DOU 1=0 or DOW 1=1 in 
> my previous 
> > example.
> 
> You had me quite confused for a little while.
> 
> Other than that, your solution seems to be the simple and 
> econonomical, I'm 
> going for it. The kind of thing that look painfully obvious 
> after you are 
> pointed to it. Many thanks!
> 
> Are you sure about EXTFILE being able to be used on external 
> files? This 
> comes straight from the ref:
> 
> EXTFILE(filename)
> (...snip...)
> Notes:
> (...snip...)
> 4. This keyword is not used to find an externally-described 
> file at compile 
> time
> 
> Is this outdated? It's the reference that comes with WSDc 
> 5.0. I know that 
> it doesn't include changes in r2 and r3, so it could be the case.
> 
> Thx.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> I.-
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