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PRODUCT: VAX PLI                                     OP/SYS:  VMS

SOURCE:     Digital Customer Support Center

VERSION INFORMATION:

     Information Applies To:  VAX PLI, Versions 3.0-3.4


QUESTION:

Do PLI Stream Files equate to RMS Stream files?

ANSWER:

The use of the term 'STREAM file' in the VAX PL/I documentation is often
confused with RMS's use of that term as a file organization.  The two are
not the same.

PL/I's stream file is not the same as RMS's stream format.  The
functionality built into PL/I only makes it possible for multiple statements
to process 1 record.  It still deals with RMS records.  Refer to the "PLI
User's Manual", version 3.0; pages 5-1 thru 5-2 for background information
on this.

Attempts to create an RMS stream file with FDL then APPEND to it with a
PL/I program does not get around this behavior.

If using RMS stream files is required in a high-level language, use a
language that supports it - like VAX C for example.  Or use direct RMS
calls from within the program.

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