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  3. November 2009

Re: Compiling a program with two files having the same name

EXTFILE was not available at V4R4. Here's a link to the RPG Reference for that release:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/pdfs/as400/V4R4PDF/QB3AGZ03.PDF

Booth Martin wrote:
I have to populate a new file in a new library with data from an old file in an old library. The file names are the same, but the field names are different/ Both are externally defined.

Great excuse to use EXTFILE() keyword! :)

This machine is at v4r4. :(

I thought I knew how to do this, but I can see now that I don't.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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