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>Hi,
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>In my application users import a large ascii text files into the app. The app then slices and dices appropriately.
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>I am using the command:
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>APPEND FROM (gcImportZATM004) TYPE SDF
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>where the value of gcImportZATM004 is "F:\ASTRA\FILES\ZATM004-13DEC"
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>I get error # 1 and the message is:
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>"File 'f:\astra\files\zatm004-13dec.txt' does not exist."
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>Strange that although gcImportZATM004 did not have ".txt" included, the app was trying to import a file with a .txt extension - and when it couldn't find it - I of course got the error message.
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>The app has been in daily use for a few months by a number of our credit unions - this is the first instance of this problem. The filenames normally used for importing are more like: "Assiniboine-90_ZATM004._19OCT2000" - these files work OK even though they don't have the .txt extension. Any idea as to why the app is trying to open "zatm004-13dec.txt" - when I want it to open "zatm004-13dec"?
APPEND FROM ... SDF assumes a TXT extension. If it's not, just put a period at the end of the file name as a means of specifying a file with no extension.
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