Hi everyone,

Concerning data format IDX. Using idxformat with Microfocus applications, there seemed to be idx4 and idx8. So let me start by having these two kind of access;

(a.) my environment variables - using Extfh.CFG and assigning "set extfh=C:\\myapp\\Extfh.CFG" for example

[XFH-DEFAULT]
fastread=on
filemaxsize=4
filepointersize=8

(b.) and used inside my application [Cobol code], as a compiler directive

$set idxformat"8"

I know that the two separate command is different. It is either using one format or the other. The question is, which data format is being followed her if mistakenly executed? Would it be IDX4 or IDX8? What will be the priority in such case?

Hi everyone,

Concerning data format IDX. Using idxformat with Microfocus applications, there seemed to be idx4 and idx8. So let me start by having these two kind of access;

(a.) my environment variables - using Extfh.CFG and assigning "set extfh=C:\\myapp\\Extfh.CFG" for example

[XFH-DEFAULT]
fastread=on
filemaxsize=4
filepointersize=8

(b.) and used inside my application [Cobol code], as a compiler directive

$set idxformat"8"

I know that the two separate command is different. It is either using one format or the other. The question is, which data format is being followed her if mistakenly executed? Would it be IDX4 or IDX8? What will be the priority in such case?