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[brian_matthewsbrian matthews]

has anyone got an example of what a suprtool file contains ?

>From: "Subashini Srinivasagopalan" <subashini@fastmail.fm>
>To: powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
>Subject: RE: (no subject)
>Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:29:06 -0800
>
>Thanks a lot for the replies. The platform is Unix.
>
>Actually the point is that in the suprtool block , the data in the file
>is accessed as though the file were a self-describing file( in suprtool
>, the dictionary file being .sd). I mean to say that the data in the
>file (the .dat that was copied from a .sf file)is accessed with the name
>of the field in the file (.dat) , .
>
>In order to avoid writing a block to redefine the fields and then
>extract the data to produce the .dat , i wanted to know if i can
>directly copy the file and still maintain the structure so the
>subsequent data access is made thru the field names itself.
>
>I just hope I have made some sense in my mail.
>
>Happy New year to all of u :)
>
>Thanks and Regards
>Subashini
>
>
>
>
>On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:50:49 -0600, "Guy Werry" <guy.werry@hbms.ca>
>said:
> > Subashini,
> >
> > The version / platform would be REALLY handy to know, as this question
> > could
> > be platform-dependent!
> >
> > Why couldn't Suprtool just read the .sf?  In Unix, at least, it's just a
> > file.
> >
> > Guy L. Werry
> > Senior Systems Analyst
> > Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co., Limited.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Subashini Srinivasagopalan [mailto:subashini@fastmail.fm]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:33 AM
> > To: powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
> > Subject: (no subject)
> >
> >
> > how should one copy a subfile (.sf) to a flat file (.dat extension) and
> > still maintain the structure of the file. In case the file has to be
> > used further in suprtool component, how should the .sf file be copied on
> > to a .dat file , so that structure is also carried with it.
> >
> > Regards
> > Subashini
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