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If you define a file as "O", the file's fields don't get defined in the
input specs. If you define it as UF the fields are "automatically" defined
(lame excuse, I know)

Regards,
Luis

Sent from my Moto G phone. Please excuse my brevity.

On Jun 6, 2017 18:07, "Dan" <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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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