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focuzsambit
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Can anyone let me know the different types of Hold files and their utilities.....

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Darin Lee
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that's kind of a broad question. There are MANY different types and uses and all are described in full in the documentation under HOLD formats. Snipped from the doc:

FORMAT fmt

Specifies the format of the HOLD output file. BINARY is the default format for reporting servers.


To display as a Web page, choose: HTML, HTMTABLE

To display as a printed document, choose: PDF, PS

To use in a text document, choose: ALPHA, DOC, WP

In addition, Developer Studio supports: CLIP, RTF


To use in a spreadsheet application, choose: DIF, EXCEL, [PIVOT], EXL97, EXL2K, LOTUS, SYLK, TAB, TABT

To use in a database application, choose: COMMA, COM, COMT, FOCUS, DB2, FUSION, INGRES, REDBRICK, SQL, SQLDBC, SQLORA, SQLINF, SQLMSS, SQLSYB, SQLODBC, TABT

In addition, Developer Studio supports: SQLMAC


To use with a 3-GL program, choose: INTERNAL

To use for additional reporting, choose: ALPHA, BINARY, FOCUS

To use as a transaction file for modifying a data source, choose: ALPHA, BINARY

For details about all available formats, see Choosing Output File Formats.


Regards,

Darin


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