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Sorry for my english, it is not very good.

I try to test if a file exist in the way of conditionning my prodecure (focus format : UFILE for example). I don't find the solution in my books.

Can you help please?
 
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Use the STATE command, then check &RETCODE. It will be 0 if the file exists or -1 if it does not exist.

STATE pathname/car.foc
-RUN
-IF &RETCODE NE -1 THEN GOTO SKIP_CREATE;
-*
CREATE FILE CAR
-RUN
-SKIP_CREATE


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Interesting.

I couldn't find the STATE command in my WF 5.3.2 documentation.


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In 7.1.3 docs, Developing Reporting Applications, it gets a very minor role with &RETCODE on page 6-91! Initially it was DOS STATE, but STATE works now.

It is a v. useful command.


Alan.
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Is STATE an operating system command? I've just run it on a Windows PC and a UNIX server., but I don't think this will work on a MVS system. You may need to use

-? TSO DSNAME 'FOCUS.DB.NAME' and then check &RETCODE.


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I think that STATE was VM (am getting old and forgetful) and ported to PC and thence Unix, so would not work on MVS, maybe not on AS400 either.


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Thanks. The idea appeal to me.... but the STATE command does not exist :
" (FOC1517) COMMANDE NON RECONNUE STATE UPNBCE1"

They don't install all the functionnality of WF
Version : 526
Gen : 061804

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Thanks for the command.
"-? TSO DSNAME 'path/dsname' "

My procedure is OK.

Thank you very much

Smiler
 
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Delphine,

Si STATE n'est pas reconnu et "-TSO DDNAME ..." l'est, cela veut peut-etre dire que le serveur de WebFocus est MVS. Sur ce systeme la commande n'existe pas. Sur les autres (VM, WIN, UNIX, LINUX etc.), oui.
Bon FOCUS!


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Daniel,

En effet le serveur de WF est MVS .... Par contre sais-tu comment récupérer le path name afin d'éviter de la mettre en dur pour utiliser "-? TSO DSNAME 'path.nomfic' " ?

J'ai essayé ça sur un fichier existant et le DSNAME est à blanc ....
-? TSO DDNAME 'fic'


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Delphine,

Si STATE n'est pas reconnu et "-TSO DDNAME ..." l'est, cela veut peut-etre dire que le serveur de WebFocus est MVS. Sur ce systeme la commande n'existe pas. Sur les autres (VM, WIN, UNIX, LINUX etc.), oui.
Bon FOCUS!
 
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Look up the command WHENCE


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More specifically...

check this out...


Good day! Idea


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More specifically, check this out...
<http://techsupport.informationbuilders.com/sps/73531034.html>

Good day!
Idea


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'State' tests for the existence of a file or ds. Been using it since back in mainframe focus 3.8 ( sheesh so long ago)...


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wf 538(d), 537 (p),
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I would guess NOT on MVS Mainframe.


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Unfortunately the WHENCE command will not really help Delphine, I think she requires a method to retrieve the DSNAME into a Dialogue Manager variable which is then used in the -? TSO DSNAME command, n'est-ce pas?

Normally,
-? TSO DDNAME [i]ddname[/i]
should work, if, of course, the DDNAME in question is actually allocated to the FOCUS session. If the file exists, &DSNAME is populated with the DSNAME, if it does not exist, &DSNAME is set to blank.

Delphine, is it possible that the file is not allocated to the FOCUS session?


Francis


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Exactly! And I can check the DSNAME with -? TSO DDNAME .... I try it but i write it wrongly.... (sorry my english is very bad)...

It's OK now... thanks a lot

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Originally posted by Francis Mariani:
Unfortunately the WHENCE command will not really help Delphine, I think she requires a method to retrieve the DSNAME into a Dialogue Manager variable which is then used in the -? TSO DSNAME command, n'est-ce pas?

Normally,
-? TSO DDNAME [i]ddname[/i]
should work, if, of course, the DDNAME in question is actually allocated to the FOCUS session. If the file exists, &DSNAME is populated with the DSNAME, if it does not exist, &DSNAME is set to blank.

Delphine, is it possible that the file is not allocated to the FOCUS session?
 
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Delphine,

Accent Québécois, Français ou…?


Francis


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Francis,

Française.... Smiler
Si je peux écrire français... chouette...
Au fait .... j'ai un soucis avec -? DSNAME et DDNAME ...!!

La façon dont c'est monté le DSN est créé automatiquement en début d'exécution en batch... à tous les coups il le trouve alors que le master n'est pas créé.... dommage.... ça marchait très bien en intéractif

Have a good day ....
Delphine

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Originally posted by Francis Mariani:
Delphine,

Accent Québécois, Français ou…?
 
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On n'a pas besoin d'un Master pour les commandes -? TSO DSNAME/DDNAME. Pour garder le Master crée par ON TABLE HOLD AS ..., assigner DDNAME HOLDMAST a un PDS existant.

Sorry, my written French is not perfect.

I don't think we need a Master to execute -? TSO DSNAME/DDNAME. To keep a Master created by ON TABLE HOLD AS ..., allocate DDNAME HOLDMAST to an existing PDS.


Francis


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you write french more than me for english.... (oouuuhh lala....)
i find my problem.... i read my file in the beginning of the procedure and at the end i create it "again" ... the problem is that at the beginning the file out is deleted... i change my procedure in the way of using two files ... and it's ok now..

thanks a lot for your help ...

Delphine

quote:
Originally posted by Francis Mariani:
On n'a pas besoin d'un Master pour les commandes -? TSO DSNAME/DDNAME. Pour garder le Master crée par ON TABLE HOLD AS ..., assigner DDNAME HOLDMAST a un PDS existant.

Sorry, my written French is not perfect.

I don't think we need a Master to execute -? TSO DSNAME/DDNAME. To keep a Master created by ON TABLE HOLD AS ..., allocate DDNAME HOLDMAST to an existing PDS.
 
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