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In article <4ceh2g$9hd@govonca3.gov.on.ca>, dcassidy@ottawa.net (Derick) writes:
>Hi...
>
>This is going to sound like a real dumb question.  First of all, let
>me give you some background.  I am new to the VMS programming
>environment (but not programming in general) and am having some
>problems using RMS with C/C++
>
>Here is a screen capture of what the file details are:
>
>REG.DBS;1                     File ID:  (34902,27,0)
>Size:         2828/2828       Owner:    [CASSIDYD]
>Created:   10-AUG-1995 08:21:32.19
>Revised:    3-JAN-1996 12:27:32.90 (3659)
>Expires:   <None specified>
>Backup:    <No backup recorded>
>Effective: <None specified>
>Recording: <None specified>
>File organization:  Indexed, Prolog: 3, Using 2 keys
>Shelved state:      Online
>File attributes:    Allocation: 2828, Extend: 0, Maximum bucket size:
>4
>                    Global buffer count: 0, No version limit
>                    Contiguous best try
>Record format:      Variable length, maximum 1960 bytes
>Record attributes:  Carriage return carriage control
>RMS attributes:     None
>Journaling enabled: None
>File protection:    System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RE, World:R
>Access Cntrl List:  None
> 
>Total of 1 file, 2828/2828 blocks.
>
>What i am trying to do seems very simple.  I would like to extract all
>the records in the REG.DBS file and output them to a standard ASCII
>file that I can port to my PC.  I will then do some analysis on the
>file.
>
>Is reading the records as easy as a sys$get(&fab) command?  Or do i
>have to do a whole lot more?
>

You should be able to open them as if they were simple sequential files
and RMS should present the data records to you as if they had been sorted by
key.  For example, if the files are ASCII, you should be able to TYPE them, and
not worry about the keys.  Also CONVERT (accessable via CONV$ utility routines)
can convert the file from keyed to sequential for you.

First of all, try doing a simple fopen and see what you get.  Even if you find
you have to add RMS options to the fopen to get the file open, you should be
able to use non-keyed read functions once it's open.

And yes, if you want to , you can sys$get(&fab).

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Bob Koehler                     | CSC/SSD/MITG