Visual LANSA Forum

Hi group,

I have a legacy application on the IBM i with a file defined with the name 'AB.CDEF'.

In LANSA, when I attempt to 'Import Table from IBM i' I get an error 'Table name is invalid. It contains blanks on invalid characters'.

I thought I could get around the issue by creating a copy of the file called ABXCDEF and import this file definition. Then in my server routine use the POINT command to point ABXCDEF to AB.CDEF. This gives an error in the IDE 'AB.CDEF is not a valid name'. Reading the documentation it indicates that on the IBM i the '.' can be used to separate the file and library in the TO_FILE parameter of the POINT command.

Has anybody encountered this issue and found a way to access the file in LANSA?

Regards,
David

Try using the Permanent File Override facility. There may even be an example of overriding a file with a '.' in the name.

As you have found, using POINT (which you would have to do for every use of the file in your code) is pretty pointless.

An 'old but gold' issue.
As KevinW says, use the PERMFILOVR. Its still in the LANSA documentation if you search for it.
I recall that this tip on the web site covers the steps to do
https://www.lansa.com/support/tips/t0261.htm
cheers
bark

I located the documentation at:

https://docs.lansa.com/14/en/lansa010/c ... ugubh_0020

Reading now. Looks exactly what I need.

Thanks