I have the following code that used to work like clockwork in 7.6.xx

-SET &HLDFLE1 = 'Joined Tables from WebFOCUS';
-SET &HLDFLE2 = &HLDFLE1 || '.xls';
-SET &HLDFLE3 = 'JNDTBLS';
APP MAP DOWNLOAD '\\servername\folder\Reporting\Production\Catalog\Report Catalog\Linked Files\'
APP FI &HLDFLE3 DISK "DOWNLOAD/&HLDFLE2"

This is the error message:

APP FI JNDTBLS DISK "DOWNLOAD/Joined Tables from WebFOCUS.xls"
(FOC224) SYNTAX ERROR: "
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Now, we have just installed 7.7.04 on the server and I get the above syntax error on the double quotation marks --- Any clues or how to fix this?

Thanks
Vivian

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Vivian,

Developing Reporting Applications > Managing Applications > Output Redirection Commands

"APP FI[LEDEF] - The APP FI[LEDEF] command has been deprecated and aliased to FILEDEF. For information, see the Stored Procedure Reference." - v7.7.03.

Also, I've never seen double quotes used in an APP command.

Nothing like deprecations! Changing it to FILEDEF worked perfectly -- Thank you Francis -- the reason for the double quotation marks is that the variable assignment has spaces ---

Glad it worked out! I'll be checking my code and preempt the deprecation.