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On 4/22/20 11:54 AM, Darren Strong wrote:
. . .However, if you want to go that route, you can have the same
file open twice. You name the second file spec differently, but then
use the extfile and extdesc keywords to reference back to the file
you really mean to open. You may also want to prefix the field names,
if you're not processing the data through a qualified data
structure.
Thanks. That worked perfectly, and I now have one more item to add to my bag of tricks. Right up there with what is still my personal favorite, "Use 'The Cycle,' with no primary file, and LR slaved to your exit f-keys, as the event-loop for an interactive program."

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