RE: [sqr-users] write 1 from $1 -> in header

[Don Mellen <donm@ontko.com>]

Remove the "close" statement.  Headers get fired off when the page gets
flushed.  For the last page, this happens as a part of the "cleanup" when
the program ends.  Since you had already closed it, it was no longer
available for writing.

SQR will also close the file as part of it's "cleanup".  This isn't the
best form (not closing files) but should be the quickest fix for you.

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Ben Anderson wrote:

> ok, all your replies made sense, but it's still not working.  It's pretty 
> weird.  I have the file being opened in BEGIN-PROGRAM.  The file is being 
> opened and written to.  Then when it tries the write in the header - that's 
> when I get the error.  I'm not closing the file until right before 
> END-PROGRAM.  It errors out and then I'm left with the first page of data 
> with no header.  Any ideas?
> TIA,
> Ben
> 
> >From: "the dragon" <ceprn@hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: sqr-users@sqrug.org
> >To: sqr-users@sqrug.org
> >Subject: RE: [sqr-users] write 1 from $1 -> in header
> >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:18:23 -0500
> >
> >Also, putting an open statement in the heading would never get executed 
> >unless print output was created - and print output may be created long 
> >after you try writing to a flat file that you wanted open.
> >
> >clark 'the dragon' willis
> >dragon enterprises, consulting services
> >
> >
> >
> >PSA: Salary <> Slavery.  If you earn a salary, your employer is renting 
> >your services for 40 hours a week, not purchasing your soul.  Your time is 
> >the only real finite asset that you have, and once used it can never be 
> >recovered, so don't waste it by giving it away.
> >
> >"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you 
> >can determine how it will be spent.  Be careful lest you let other people 
> >spend it for you."
> >
> >Carl Sandburg
> >(1878 - 1967)
> >
> >----Original Message Follows----
> >
> >Don't put an open statement in the HEADING unless you want it to execute at
> >the beginning of every page you print.  I'm not sure what happens when you
> >try to open a file that's already open.  Maybe nothing, or maybe it deletes
> >whatever you've written before and starts over.
> >
> >Add a "status=#open_status" clause to the open statement and test the value
> >of #open_status.  If it isn't 0, then your attempt to open the file didn't
> >work.  Why?  You might not be logged in to that drive, or the path in
> >$full_name might not exist, or you might not have write-access to it, or
> >there might already be a read-only file with that name.
> >
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