Kbase P98609: File is not created using OUTPUT STREAM
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
09/12/2004 |
|
Status: Unverified
SYMPTOM(s):
Attempting to write data to a file using a stream
Using statement:
OUTPUT STREAM <stream> TO <path variable>.
No file is created at the location specified
Path contained in variable is valid
CAUSE:
Path variable is interpreted literally and a file with the name of the variable is created in the current working directory. For example,
path = C:\temp\results.txt.
OUTPUT STREAM <stream> TO path.
A file called "path" will be created rather than the file "results.txt" in C:\temp.
FIX:
Use the VALUE() option with the OUTPUT statement to ensure that the value of the variable is used:
OUTPUT STREAM <stream> TO VALUE(<path variable>).