Date:         Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:40:46 -0800
Reply-To:     jcern <jcern15@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         jcern <jcern15@YAHOO.COM>
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Subject:      Format question...
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I am not sure how to open a file with formats without actually having
to run the format statement again before opening the file.  I have
tried to open datasets with formats and they can't open unless I run
the program with the format included.  Can you help?

Thanks so much!