This Natural profile parameter specifies when work files are to be opened by Natural.
Possible settings | ON |
A work file is opened at the time when it is first
accessed by a given READ WORK
FILE or WRITE WORK
FILE statement. This means that only those work files which
are actually accessed are opened, while the contents of unopened work files are
not deleted.
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OFF |
All work files referenced in a Natural object are opened
when the execution of this object starts. (This may delete the content of a
work file when closing if the work file was referenced by a
WRITE WORK FILE
statement that was never executed.)
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Default setting | ON |
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Dynamic specification | yes | |
Specification within session | no |
Note:WFOPFA=OFF
only affects main programs; for routines,
WFOPFA=ON
always applies.