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From: GG30%LAFAYACS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu ( The Lone Pascal Programmer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: File Operations in VS-PASCAL
Message-ID: <25886@adm.brl.mil>
Date: 8 Feb 91 13:00:05 GMT
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Greetings,

         I'm running VS-Pascal Version 2 running MUSIC/SP which is
running under VM.  I've some trouble with file operations.  I don't
know of way to open any MUSIC file from inside a pascal program using
RESET & REWRITE.  I have file operations working well with the MFIO and
MFACT subrountines.  It would be nice to use reset and rewrite.
Furthermore, I cannot get record files to work properly either.

Sample Program

/sys reg=max
/file input term
/file output term
/file inside NAME(outside) NEW(REPL)
/load vspascal

program filetest;

var inside : text;

begin
     rewrite ( inside, '??????????');  what do I put for the options?
end;

What I want to do is access any MUSIC file from inside the program
without declaring it before the program.

With this method, I can only access a file named in the /file statement

    For every file I want to access I must define its particular
name in a /file statement before the program.  I would appreciate any
sample programs people could send.  Also, if anyone has any sample
programs using record files, it would be appreciated.

-Gabe Gagliano           -Student Programmer, ACS Lafayette College.
 GG30@LAFAYACS.BITNET    'The Lone Pascal Programmer'
                         'A Unix Guy Trapped in a IBM World.'