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1. Is there a way that an executing MPE/iX command file can determine its
name (file-name, group, account)?
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Yes. The system variable 'HPFILE' is set to the name of the currently
executing UDC or Command file.
 
 
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2. Can I perform I/O on a file within a loop and read successive records? I
tried a WHILE loop but I keep reading the same record:
 
    SETVAR COUNTER 1
    WHILE COUNTER < FINFO ("file","EOF) DO
        INPUT variable<file
        do something else
        SETVAR COUNTER COUNTER + 1
    ENDWHILE
 
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Try the following
        file a;rec=![finfo("file","recsize")],,f,ascii;msg
        print file >*a
        while finfo("*a","eof") > 0 do
           input variable < *a
           do something
        endwhile
 
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3. How could I have constructed a search within LaserRom/PC to have answered
these questions?
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I do not know
 
Regards
 
Paul H. Christidis