Hi y'all;
I converted an application that used TYPE in conjunction with random
record access. This is a 'standard' way to parce fields. However when
I converted file access for sequential input, I ran into logistics
problems because the user (TYPE) structure generates a variable type
mismatch, ie. MyUserType = INPUT$(128,1)
By rewriting the data structure by removing the TYPE declarations and
changing each
 AS 
to...
 = MID$()
The fix was easy. However, using the MIM$ function much
slower than defining the user type.
It seems I should be able to use the UNION to overlap my user type
with a fixed lenght string, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to
get it to work. The example in the reference manual doesn't help.
Any comments or suggestions?
 
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