View text files from Desktop

Hi all,



I have an existing enquiry which is used to view the text files from Desktop.



Details of the Enquiry is as follows:



Selction fields - File name, Record name



This is a Nofile enquiry which do a EB.READLIST fo the FIle name given in the selection and lists the record names as ouput



There is a drilldown enquiry to view the text file. The drilldown is somthing like this...VIEW FILENAME>RECORDNAME



This works fine if the record or text file is in &HOLD& ...



I tried the same with a new file (Created using mkdir/CREATE.FILE)



The Enquiry Works fine till listing the record names...but fails in the drilldown...








Regards,

Ramya

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This is not the problem on EB.READLIST.
I suspect the problem is on OPF.
Did you get any fatal out or any error messages?



Also, in the jBASE prompt try JED and check whether you have formatted text data inside your file.


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Thanks

Checked OPF - OPF works fine if write a small routine & execute for the same directory



The text file is properly aligned...



Actually there is no problem till i get the list of records inside the file. Desktop hangs & comes out if i try to run Drilldown enquiry and view the file


Regards,

Ramya

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Its really strange.



Check whether you have full permission for the file (unix level).


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Thanks

Create a new field in the enquiry and concat the Filename and Record name as


B>
1) FIELD.NAME..... DIR.NAME

OPERATION... 'TEST.BP>'



2) FIELD.NAME..... RECORD.NAME

OPERATION... 0



3) FIELD.NAME..... REPORT.ID

OPERATION... CALC FILE.NAME : RECORD.NAME



and then try the drill down as ENQU VIEW REPORT.ID

Hope it should work...........I am afraid how come it works for you for HOLD.