Just a thought. I don’t know if this is a new application or not, but if it is,
have you considered Multi-part files?
From: Dick Thiot
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2018 5:22 PM
To: jbase@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Create-file question
Marc,
Your create statement assumes that there is
Marc,
Your create statement assumes that there is already a dictionary section.
Are you wanting to create a new data section underneath and existing file
or a new file with both dictionary and data sections. Also, I agree with
Peter. Get rid of the double-quotes. If the latter then try:
Get rid of the " around the \FILENAME \
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> On Nov 16, 2018, at 11:25 AM, Marc wrote:
>
> I'm trying to EXECUTE a CREATE-FILE command as shown below and I'm obviously
> screwing up the punctuation...
>
> FILENAME = VNAME:".PRICE"
> OPEN ''",FILENAME TO F.OUT ELSE
>
I'm trying to EXECUTE a CREATE-FILE command as shown below and I'm
obviously screwing up the punctuation...
FILENAME = VNAME:".PRICE"
OPEN ''",FILENAME TO F.OUT ELSE
EXECUTE \CREATE-FILE DATA "\:FILENAME:\"\ 11\
OR
EXECUTE \CREATE-FILE DATA "\:FILENAME:\" 11\
What am I doing wrong??
