Aliases and Lookups

[Kenneth Brody]

Rick Hane wrote:
[...]
> lookups to the bom file and use an alias for each lookup; however if I
> remember correctly the minute I open another lookup to the same file (even
> though it has a unique alias) I will move the pointer in the previous lookup
> to that same file.
> 
> First, is my statement above correct and I loose the pointer?  If not then
> no problem.  If it is correct, anyone have thoughts on how to do this
> without setting up and complete levelized bom file for each part?

While each alias to the same file shares resources, such as the open file
handles and field layout information, they do not share pointer to the
record.  If alias "foo" finds record 123, and then "bar" finds record 456,
alias "foo" continues to point to record 123.

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