Open data file

Command group Flag affected Reversible Execute on client Platform(s)
Data files YES NO NO All

Syntax

Open data file ([Do not close other data][,Read-only][,No conversion by runtime][,Convert without user prompts][,Full Unicode conversion]) {file-name[,internal-name] or odb://[address:port:]name[,internal-name]}

Options

Do not close other data If specified, the command does not close all open data files before opening the specified data file
Read-only If specified, the data file is opened in read-only mode
No conversion by runtime Omnis normally offers to convert data files created by an earlier version of Omnis. If this option is specified, the runtime version of Omnis will not offer to convert the file, and the command will fail
Convert without user prompts If specified, and conversion is allowed, Omnis will immediately perform the conversion without giving the user any prompts that require a response; also, the user cannot cancel the conversion
Full Unicode conversion Unicode Studio only. If specified, and convert without user prompts is specified, do full Unicode conversion instead of quick conversion (quick conversion is only ok when you know all character data in the file is 7 bit)

Description

This command opens the specified Omnis data file (.df1 file) and makes that file the "current" data file, using either the pathname of the datafile, or the location of the datafile hosted via the Omnis Data Bridge (ODB). It clears the flag if the data file cannot be found or opened. If the Do not close other data check box option is not specified, all existing data files are closed even if the command fails. Opening a data file which is already open will close and reopen that data file. The Read-only Studio/Omnis 7 check box causes the data file to be opened in read-only mode. This lets you open an Omnis 7 data file in read-only mode in Omnis Studio without conversion taking place.

If you select the No conversion by runtime option, and the data file was created with a previous version of Omnis, then the runtime version of Omnis will not convert the data file. The default is that an Omnis runtime will ask the user if they want to convert the data file.

If an opened data file uses more than one segment, all segments are opened. The rules for finding the additional segments which form part of the data file are as follows:

You can override the default internal name by specifying your own in the parameter for the command.

If the data file is to be accessed using the Omnis Data Bridge (ODB), then instead of using a pathname, you can specify the location of the file using a special syntax:

where address:port is the TCP/IP address and port number of the ODB server, e.g. 127.0.0.1:5900, and name is the name of a data file accessed using the ODB server. You can omit address:port:, in which case Omnis uses the address and port stored in the $odbserver root preference. Note that the value of $odbserver is stored in the file odb.txt in the studio folder of the Omnis installation tree.

Example

Open data file {Sales.df1,Sales}
If flag true
  Find first
  If flag true
    Open data file (Do not close other dat{Purch.df1,Purchases}
    If flag true
      Calculate fPurchases.Field1 as fSales.Field1
      Prepare for insert with current values
      Enter data
      Update files if flag set
    End If
  End If
End If
# Example 2 - Transfer datafile 1 to datafile 2
Open data file {pOrders.df1,pOrders1}
If flag true
  Set main file {fOrders}
  Find first on fOrders.OrderNum
  While flag true
    Prepare for insert with current values
    Open data file {pOrders2.df1,pOrders2}
    Update files if flag set
    Open data file {pOrders.df1,pOrders1}
    Next on fOrders.OrderNum
  End While
End If
# Example 3 - Open a data file on a specific ODB server
Open data file {odb://127.0.0.1:5900:test}
# Example 4 - Open a data file using the ODB server identified by $prefs.$odbserver
Open data file {odb://test}

Please note:

Open data file odb://127.0.0.1:5900:test, myDatafile