Just issue the file equate
:file xxxx.data=xxxx.testdata

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James B. Byrne [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 1:42 PM
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> Subject:      Image and file equates
>
> Is there any way of getting software to look for a database via some
> sort of MPE re-direction?  We are testing some new changes to our
> PowerHouse applications and our dictionaries are all compiled with
> the database file set to xxxx.data.
>
> Our testdata resides in the group testdata.  I would like to have the
> existing compiled applications reference the test data without having
> to re-compile them all into a special group using a special
> dictionary.
>
> Regards,
> Jim
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