AS400 update file 1

[schwob]

I am totally new at AS400 & RPG programming, and I wanted to make a prog that takes a file from PC and transfer it to AS400 ... I had help for this first part and it works perfectly, but now I want to update the file I get from the PC it and send it back to the PC. I used &quot;CPYTOSTMF&quot; in a CL which works perfectly, but when I try to use &quot;F<name of the file> UF E DISK&quot; with the file I used as input in the other prog, it says that the file is not defined for update... How can I do? It must be simple but I cannot manage to find documentation on RPG programming on AS400...

Thank you!

 

[khood]

schwob,

What C-spec statement is giving you problems? If you are using a &quot;WRITE&quot;, then you must put an 'A' (file addition) in your file's F-spec. Otherwise, make sure that you are referring to the correct file or record name.

 

[khood]

schwob,

Also, here are some links to helpful RPG sites:

http://www.as400pro.com/TipsRPG.htm

http://www.geocities.com/itpweb1/400/

(the as/400 learnin' site)

There are links to other websites, like IBM's online manuals from the sites above.

 

[arcbkc]

Is there a chance that some other program has opened the file using commitment control? Rod

 

[schwob]

I AM using a &quot;write&quot;.. I put an &quot;A&quot; in the file's F-spec as you said, but it seems that I'm not referring to the right record name, and I forgot how to look for the record name (I know, it must be VERY simple, but I'm not quite used to AS400 interface yet, since the first one I saw was 2 weeks ago...)

I don't think any other program opened the file using commitment control. There are only 2 programs that are using this file: the first one opens it as an input file in order to transfert data in another AS400 file, and the other one is the actual prog that *tries to* send the file back on the PC after changing some data.

Another thing: the language of the AS400 I'm working on is french, so it's not easy to translate the error messages for you to understand but ithe error I get is something like &quot;the second factor does not contain neither a filename nor a saving format&quot;

 

[khood]

schwob,

I have been assuming that you are getting a COMPILE error - is this correct?

Do a DSPFD filename and scroll to the bottom of the information - 7 or 8 lines up from the bottom you will see the &quot;Record Format&quot; name. This is what you want.

K.Hood

 

[schwob]

That's right, I was getting a compile error... The problem is solved now, it was indeed an incorrect record name. Thank you for your help!