UniData doesn't have these. It does have @FILENAME which you can use in a virtual dictionary for the name of the file - you still have to open the file (like Pick's ACCESS(11) as compared to ACCESS(1)). This appears to be Wendy's problem - not wanting to reopen the file every time she goes into the subroutine.
Colin Alfke Calgary, AB >-----Original Message----- >From: gerry-u2ug > >@STDFILE >@FILENAME > >-----Original Message----- >From: colin.alfke > >Wendy; > >I tend not to use a FUNCTION unless I really need it for the >syntax. It helps me to remember that even when calling a >function you can change any of the passed variables - not just >the return variable (just like a subroutine). For some reason >I didn't think a function could do that, I'm not sure if I saw >that in the documentation or was just the way I thought it should work. > >In any case, I don't know how to give it a "default" file to >use. If you call it from UniQuery you have the @ID and @RECORD >variables to use but nothing really for a file. What I did - >that made a HUGE difference - was to put the filevar into >named common. Since the program could be called from multiple >accounts I also put the path into common as well. ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
