Logic Commands for Handling Extract Files

Logic commands you can use for creating, naming, reading, and closing Extract files are listed in the following table.

Command	Function
Determine Actual	Reads an Extract file (using the standard format).
Match	Compares two Extract files.
Extract	Creates and writes records to an Extract file (using the standard format).
<glbfile>.Sort Method	Sorts an Extract file.
SetTitle	Closes the current Extract file and changes its name and category. Any subsequent access is treated as the first access of the file.

Note: Do not use the SetTitle command and the RetainAs command option in the same report. Remove all occurrences of the RetainAs command option, and use one of the following ways to establish the title of the extract file.

<glbfile>.open(<title>,<mode>) 
<glbfile>.name := <title>
SetTitle <glbfile> <title>

Refer to How Agile Business Suite Handles Extract Files at Runtime for more information. Refer to the Agile Business Suite Programming Reference Manual for more information on the syntax of these commands.