CREATE DATA FILE

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4D v20 R7

CREATE DATA FILE


CREATE DATA FILE ( accessPath )

Parameter	Type	Description
accessPath	String	Name 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.