Re: Any legitimate reason for 'UF A E' file defn when output only?

Thanks Craig. That's not the case here, as this program is the only one in
the job that uses the table.

- Dan

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Craig Pelkie <craig@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I may be misremembering all of the implications of this, but I've seen

this

used all the time in a package from a vendor who refuses to update their
code. Most of the time, the usage of the file in the program is for read
only or write only, but it has the full "UF A E" syntax.

The only thing I came up with is that they are doing a "full open" so

that

everything will share the same ODP.

Craig Pelkie

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