@RECORD is used within basic in conjunction with the ITYPE function.  If
you wish to execute an I-Type dictionary entry within a Basic program
and that I-Type accesses data, then the data must be present in the
system variable @RECORD.  You would have to open the file read the data
item into @RECORD and then execute the I-Type.  Help BASIC ITYPE for
more and better explainations.

Tom Dodds


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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry Brevik
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 8:17 PM
To: U2-users (E-mail)
Subject: [U2] [UV] Help with @RECORD

UV 9.6.1.3 on W2K.

What's the right way to use @RECORD? I can do-

  OPEN '','A-VALID-FILENAME' THEN NULL

...after which @STDFIL is populated with the file handle.

Then, I can do-

  READ @RECORD FROM 'RECORD-ID' THEN NULL

...after which @RECORD is a dynamic array of whatever corresponds to
'RECORD-ID' in 'A-VALID-FILENAME'.

But having to directly reference @RECORD seems like it defeats the
purpose
of a 'default record'. Is there a RIGHT way to populate @RECORD? I've
tried
a number of ideas that did not work. It would also be cool if you could
get
TRANS() to populate @RECORD, but it does not seem to.

Barry
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