All the Sage X3 developers may come across the requirement where we need to handle the sequential file (.dat file). Sage X3 has simple commands that help us in easily reading or writing into files.
- Reading Sequential File: To read any sequential file it needs to open the file in read mode. Following are the commands that can be used to read the file.
Openi: is used to open and close a sequential file.
e.g.
a. Opening a file
Openi filepath (‘tmp’,’rdfile’,’’)
b. Closing the last file opened to read
Openi
c. Opening two files
Openi filpath(‘tmp’,’rdfile1’,’’) Using[YYY]
Openi filpath(‘tmp’,’rdfile2’,’’) Using[ZZZ]
d. Closing the two previously opened file.
Openi Using[YYY]
Openi Using[ZZZ]
Adxifs : Contain the field separator used for the read or write of sequential file.
Rdseq: Is used to read the data of the file.
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Refer to the below sample code for reading the sequential file.
- Writing into Sequential File: To write into sequential it needs to be open the file in write mode. If the specified file does not exist then this command automatically creates the file in the specified directory with the mentioned name. Following are the commands which can be used to write the file.
Openo: is used to open and close a sequential file.
e.g.
a. Opening a file
Openo filepath (‘tmp’,’rdfile’,’’)
b. Closing the last file opened to write
Openo
c. Opening two files
Openo filpath(‘tmp’,’rdfile1’,’’) Using[YYY]
Openo filpath(‘tmp’,’rdfile2’,’’) Using[ZZZ]
d. Closing the two previously opened file.
Openo Using[YYY]
Openo Using[ZZZ]
Adxifs : Contain the field separator used for the read or write of sequential file.
Wrseq: Is used to write the data to the files.
Refer to the below sample code for writing into sequential file.
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