Going from memory here, but I think you can declare the FD as is external. Check that out, I think it will do what you need. From docs.hp.com:
Reference to Common Data and Files through External Objects
http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/B3150090013.11820/164
Mark
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