Re: Open Access RPG question - how to tell which file a handlercall relates to?

Many thanks for this Jon. I knew we had to be missing something, and it was
the stateInfo pointer that was the key point we'd overlooked.

We've now done some testing with this and can confirm that if we store a
handle or other control structure in the stateInfo area when opening a file,
that handle is passed back for each operation on the corresponding file.

Problem solved!

Pete

"Jon Paris"<jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jan 5, 2011, at 8:06 AM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

We're trying to write a generic Open Access RPG handler which will process
Excel files. We started this a few months ago, then get side-tracked and
had
to put it down, but are now returning to it.

This is easily handled by OA's built-in state handling mechanism. You should
not be attempting to use the file name for the purpose of differentiating
which RPG program file is being referenced by the RPG code. See this article
for an example of how to use it:
http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/OAR_handlers/33511p1.aspx the bit
pertaining to state information starts on Page 4.


Jon Paris

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