[Info-vax] BASIC : Updating a sequential file causes run time error SIZRECINV (156)

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-06-03 kl. 11:42, skrev Robert Nelson:
>
>> User Action: Supply a valid COUNT value in the PUT or UPDATE
>> statement or a valid RECORDSIZE in the OPEN statement, whichever is
>> applicable.
>
> Thanks Jan. I have already read up on this error. I believe I am
> specifying the new size in the UPDATE clause. As for RECORDSIZE in OPEN,
> the OPEN statement in the REFERENCE MANUAL states that BASIC retrieves
> the record size value from the file while opening existing files if not
> explicitly specified.
>
> The file in question will have variable record lengths.
>
> Thanks
>

OK, I know very little about BASIC och it's RMS functions, but
I'd begin with a few debug printouts of the variable values so
that they can be verified.