| Title: | FOCUS, from INFORMATION BUILDERS | 
| Moderator: | ZAYIUS::BROUILLETTE | 
| Created: | Thu Feb 19 1987 | 
| Last Modified: | Mon May 05 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 615 | 
| Total number of notes: | 1779 | 
    It started this way
    I had in my main fex	use
    				foc$dir1:name1.idx
    				foc$dir1:name2.idx
    				end
                                .
    				.
    				-if &cntr eq 1 goto incone
                                .
    				.
    				-incone
    				include subfex1 (which has the
    				-run	         table file name1)
    
     I got a FOC226 error message saying.. filedef missing for external
    					   file : name1
    
    I then put in my main fex 	use
                           	foc$dir1:name1.idx
                           	foc$dir1:name2.idx
                           	end
    
    				filedef name1 disk name1.idx
    				filedef name2 disk name2.idx
    				-run
    
    I then got a   FOC1006 DDNAME IS NOT ALLOCATED : NAME1
                   FOC1006 DDNAME IS NOT ALLOCATED : NAME2
    
    I then put the filedef in name1.fex, but got the FOC1006 error
    
    any help out there...
   
    Thanks bob..
     
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 471.1 | AIMHI::CIONI_L | Fri Oct 18 1991 15:10 | 10 | ||
| How about just using FILEDEF NAME1 DISK FOC$DIR1:NAME1.IDX Also, where is your .mas file for NAME1??? In FOC$DIR1 as well? LisaC | |||||
| 471.2 | THANKS | USMFG::BHYNES | Fri Oct 18 1991 15:28 | 10 | |
|     The .mas are also in foc$dir1:    name1.mas
                                      name1.idx
    
    
    I tried what  .1 suggested and it works...
    
    Thanks Lisa
    
      bob
    
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| 471.3 | RUNTUF::IMFRA | Wed Oct 23 1991 11:00 | 6 | ||
|     
    Just for clarification, Bob, FILEDEF is used to establish mapping to 
    non-FOCUS format files, while USE must be used to map to FOCUS (.FOC) 
    files. 
    
    JB
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