Comments on: How can I open file from another library in RPG program http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Senior1systemanalyst http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113376 Senior1systemanalyst Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:03:42 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113376 thanks Tom for clarifications.Tarek

]]> By: TomLiotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113366 TomLiotta Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:04:41 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113366 The message appeared was: ‘A right parenthesis is expected but is not found’…
 
Message text is often less helpful than the message identifier. Different messages can have the same text.
 
when I used keyword  EXTFIL(Library_Name/FILE_Nam)…
 
In this case, the message text is helpful. You didn’t show enough for us to see what Library_Name and FILE_Nam are, but now the text helps.
 
You can’t use two variables for library and file. You can only use a single variable to hold the entire name. When the compiler found the variable Library_Name, the next thing it expected to find was a right-parenthesis. Instead it found a slash character, “/”. The compiler didn’t know what to do with the slash, so it told you what it expected to find that was missing.
 
Tom

]]> By: Senior1systemanalyst http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113365 Senior1systemanalyst Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:46:40 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113365

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]]> By: Senior1systemanalyst http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113364 Senior1systemanalyst Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:44:09 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113364 Gents
The message appeared was: ‘A right parenthesis is
expected but is not found’  when I used
keyword  EXTFIL(Library_Name/FILE_Nam)
However, the below commands used and it works fine.
FCUSTMAST  IF   E           K DISK    EXTFILE (myFile) 
D myFile          S             21A   Inz(‘KINPLIV/CUSTMAST’)
Many thanks… for your attention
Tarek

]]> By: TomLiotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113350 TomLiotta Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:43:57 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113350 Note that USROPN should only be required if the value of EXTFILE() is variable. If it’s constant, it can have the appropriate value at the time files are opened by the Cycle. — Toml

]]> By: philpl1jb http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113343 philpl1jb Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:50:33 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113343 hellofriends
That’s very nice but your code requires USROPN on the F spec and Open File1 in the C-spec.  Files that aren’t USROPN are opened by the cycle … before any C spec’s are run and while it’s open it isn’t going to “re-target”.
 

]]> By: hellofriends http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113342 hellofriends Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:31:44 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113342 try this below mentioned way… it definitely works.
FFile  I F   E      K    Disk EXTFILE(@Lib)
D@Lib1      S        30A  
C*
C                 Eval   @Lib = ‘Library1/FIle name’
]]> By: ToddN2000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113341 ToddN2000 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:10:52 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113341 Forgot to add you would still need to make the file user controlled and then do the file override to the other library , open file and close file commands manually.

]]> By: ToddN2000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113340 ToddN2000 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:08:54 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113340 Another option is to do an OVRDBF in the RPG using the QCMDEXEC command. Are you locked into doing this a specific way ?

]]> By: philpl1jb http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113324 philpl1jb Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:44:27 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-can-i-open-file-from-another-library-in-rpg-program/#comment-113324 We’ll need more – F specs, D specs, C specs that relate to this issue.

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