Hi all,

I have created a new master file. I want to add some data (.foc file) into it. Is power painter an only option?
If not then how do i do that? If someone explain with an example then it would be fine.

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

where does your data come from?

Hi danny,

It is just a dummy file with only one field like the one given in the post on McGyver's technique.

When i run the file it says No .Foc file found. so my question is, how do populate that file to make the procedure run?

Look up the MODIFY command and use FIXFORM and the DATA statement to populate your file.

However, if you are using McGyver, you can also use a flat file.

Vasantha

As Ginny says: read up on the MODIFY command.

You say that your focus file has one field. Something like this:

  
FILENAME=NUM,SUFFIX=FOC
 DATASET='C:\ibi\apps\baseapp\NUM.FOC'
SEGNAME=ORIGIN,SEGTYPE=S1
 FIELDNAME=NUM,NUM,I3,$

Suppose you want to load numbers from 1 to 100. You use the MODIFY command:

  
MODIFY FILE NUM
FREEFORM NUM
MATCH NUM
ON NOMATCH INCLUDE
ON MATCH REJECT
DATA
-REPEAT #VASA FOR &I FROM 1 TO 100;
NUM=&I ,$
-#VASA
END

This should do the trick.

Hi danny,

Thanks!

When i use the same code with my values in it, it says "(FOC198) FATAL ERROR IN DATABASE I/O" - error. I have given a correct location for the .FOC file.

But code works fine without the DATASET command.
Even I am able to see the output when i use the TABLE FILE inside the same proc.

But why am i not able to see the output when i use the file in another proc? I want to physically store that data file in UNIX. How could i achieve this?

Try doing a CREATE FILE filename before the MODIFY.

But beware: when you do a CREATE file, the file will be written in the temporary directory. If you want it to be stored somewhere else, issue a APP HOLD before doing the create, in your case a APP HOLD BASEAPP.

While what GamP says is generally true, but because he has a DATASET parameter in his master, the file will go there.

Vasantha,

So you discarded the DATASET attribute. That's OK. Now you have to tell WF where to put the database. For that 2 things:
1. You use the USE command
2. You must have write permission to the directory where you want to write the focus database.

USE 
[pathname]/NUM.FOC NEW
END
CREATE FILE NUM
MODIFY FILE NUM
FREEFORM NUM
MATCH NUM
ON NOMATCH INCLUDE
ON MATCH REJECT
DATA
-REPEAT #VASA FOR &I FROM 1 TO 100;
NUM=&I ,$
-#VASA
END

Thanks danny!

It works..

[SOLVED]Originally posted by Vasantha kumar:
Thanks danny!

It works.. [/QUOTE]