Thanks Mike. I'll soon find out how to read and write files from/to the O/S file system. As we know, with D3 there's no difference so one uses the same, standard, file I/O statements. :-)
Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Preece > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 4:43 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] [UD] Referencing remote file directly > > Hi Bill > > >From: "Bill Haskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > >To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > >Subject: RE: [U2] [UD] Referencing remote file directly > >Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:13:53 -0800 > > > >Rodney: > > > >Thanks. I was thinking this was true. U2 does allow direct > reference > >to an O/S path from within BASIC, e.g: > > > >OPEN 'DOS:E:\IBM\ud71\sys\BP' TO BP.FV ... (in D3) > >OSOPEN 'E:\IBM\ud71\sys\BP' TO BP.FV... (in UD) > > I'm not sure this is what you want really. If you OSOPEN a > file you're opening it as a sequential file aren't you - so > that you can then go on and READSEQ from it? It's as though > you're opening a connection to a tape drive, and therefore > you are limited to processing it in sequential order. I don't > think you'll be able to READ REC FROM BP.FV,"MYPROG"... I > could be wrong... > > Mike. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
