<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2005" /> <meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2005" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="concept" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Open considerations when using *LIBL with a DDM file" /> <meta name="abstract" content="There are certain considerations when you open DDM files and specify *LIBL for the library." /> <meta name="description" content="There are certain considerations when you open DDM files and specify *LIBL for the library." /> <meta name="DC.subject" content="open considerations, using *LIBL with DDM files, DDM files" /> <meta name="keywords" content="open considerations, using *LIBL with DDM files, DDM files" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rbal3open.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="rbal3openddm" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Open considerations when using *LIBL with a DDM file</title> </head> <body id="rbal3openddm"><a name="rbal3openddm"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Open considerations when using *LIBL with a DDM file</h1> <div><p>There are certain considerations when you open DDM files and specify *LIBL for the library.</p> <ul><li>The server first searches the library list for a local database file with the specified member. Even if the local database file is located in a library later in your library list than the library containing the DDM file, the local database file containing the specified member is used. <p>Therefore, if you want to open a DDM file using *LIBL, you must ensure that there are no local database files with the same name, and that contain the specified member, anywhere in your library list.</p> </li> <li>If the server does not locate a local database file with the specified member, it searches the library list for the first file that has the specified name. If this file is not of the proper type, or if it does not contain the specified member, an open failure occurs. <p>Therefore, if you want to open a DDM file using *LIBL, you must ensure that the DDM file you want to open is the first file in your library list with the specified name.</p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbal3open.htm" title="When you want an application to use a file, you do so by referring to that file by name. The file description for that file will then control how the program and the server will interact.">Open files</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>