Re: Trouble managing OVRDBF inside a program

The file is not specified in any F or dcl-f specification. The program does
not contain any F or dcl-f specification of its own. Unless OVRDBF does an
implicit opening itself.
I must add that the closing of the over dub is done by the program, in fact
at the next iteration of the cycle the data is written in the default file
present in the library list instead of in the file that I would like to
replace with the OVRDBF

Il giorno lun 2 feb 2026 alle ore 14:51 David Gibbs via RPG400-L <
rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:

On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 7:46 AM Luca Giammattei <luca.giammattei@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

doU MyDS(x).companyLib = *blanks;
If %trim(MyDS(x).companyLib) <> defaultCompany;
rc=DoCmd('OVRDBF FILE(MyFILE00F) TOFILE(' +
%trim(MyDS(x).companyLib) + '/MyFILE00F)');

Are you closing the file before the OVRDBF and reopening it after?

The way I've always done that is...

1. Code the file as usropn.
2. Close the file if it's open (use %open bif)
3. Run the OVRDBF
4. Reopen the file
5. Close the file when done

david
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