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Restrictions

Note: This is a technology preview feature only. It is being made available to allow you to test and provide feedback on this new capability; however, this feature is not intended for production use and it is not supported as such. Furthermore, Micro Focus does not guarantee that this feature will be delivered at a GA level and if it is, then the functionality provided might differ considerably from this technology preview.
This version of Data File Tools (Technology Preview) has the following restrictions:
  • You cannot create new structure files from a 64-bit command prompt.
  • The only supported UNIX platforms are SUSE and Red Hat.
  • There is no support for Unicode files.
  • There is no file conversion functionality.
  • There is no support for old structure (.str) files and profile files (.pro files), produced in Classic Data File Tools. This version uses a .dfs structure file to contain the information previously held in the other two file formats.
  • All files are opened in Data File Tools (Technology Preview) using a lock mode of EXCLUSIVE.
  • The following table shows the current state of support for the different file organizations:
    Extend Insert Rewrite Rewrite - alter length Delete
    Fixed block sequential Y Y Y N/A Y
    Variable block sequential N N Y N Y
    Line sequential N N Y N N
    Relative N N Y N/A N
    Indexed Y Y Y Y Y
  • There is no support for the following types of data file:
    • ACUCOBOL-GT (Vision)
    • IMS
    • PL/I
    • RM/COBOL
  • When creating a structure file, you cannot use an .idy file from a project compiled with the ODOSLIDE Compiler directive.
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