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As Scott suggested, sql is probably the best route. The other way to do it is to declare the file as internal describe file FFILE1 UF F 512 14AIDISK usropn FFILE2 UF F 512 16AIDISK usropn FFILE3 UF F 512 18AIDISK usropn -----Original Message----- From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of James H H Lampert Subject: Opening externally-described files as program-described (again) Suppose you have a file where you don't know the key length at compile time, but you do know it at run time. And further suppose you know at compile time that it will consist of two zoned decimal fields, with the first one either 9, 11, or 13 digits, and the second one always 5 digits. Anybody know how to handle that? -- JHHL
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