How to locate scratch (intermediate) files created by QTP on iSeries (AS/400)

[Andrew.Tymm at computacenter.com]

Hi

We've received a fix for our "dictionary is locked for update" error but 
have been informed it introduces the following error in QTP :-

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Here is an explanation of the possible scenario which can cause QTP to 
abort... 
  
When QTP creates a scratch file it creates a series of UserSpace objects 
which have a limit of 16MB.  If the scratch file is larger 
than 16MB then QTP creates a linked list of the UserSpace objects. However 
when creating the linked lists it might 
miscalculate when to link two user spaces together.   The miscalculation 
would vary depending on the record size and the number of 
records being processed.  For some record sizes the problem would never 
occur.   
  
So the problem would arise if 
1.  QTP need to create a scratch file. 
2.  The record size and the number of records cause the miscalculation to 
occur. Unfortunately, there are no specific details. 
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Does anybody know how to locate/read the scratch files on iSeries/AS400 so 
we can analyze the impact of this "feature"?

Regards 
Andrew Tymm
Senior Analyst/Programmer / DBA 

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