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Version: 20 R7 BETA

CREATE DATA FILE

CREATE DATA FILE ( accessPath )

ParameterTypeDescription
accessPathTextName or complete access path of the data file to create

Description

The CREATE DATA FILE command creates a new data file to disk and replaces the data file opened by the 4D application on-the-fly.

The general functioning of this command is identical to that of the OPEN DATA FILE command; the only difference is that the new data file set by the accessPath parameter is created just after the structure is re-opened.

Before launching the operation, the command verifies that the specified access path does not correspond to an existing file.

4D Server: Beginning with 4D v13, this command can be executed with 4D Server. In this context, it performs an internal call to QUIT 4D on the server (which causes a dialog box to appear on each remote machine, indicating that the server is in the process of quitting) before creating the designated file.

See also

OPEN DATA FILE

Properties

Command number313
Thread safe