MOVE from SPECIAL Field - 5.6

[Mike Schwartz]

From: Nancy Palmquist
> 
> I am doing a lookup and trying to get the data in the field
> lookup xxx=filename r=rn -n

> ab(13)=xxx(1)
> 
> 
> When I do this assignment, it pops a message on the screen that says:
> 
> NO Support for a MOVE from a special field.
> Call filePro Technical Support

     Usually when I see something really strange in a lookup, it's something
obvious.  

     Would you have done a lookup to a record that doesn't exist?  IE, if
RN="100", are you sure record RN is actually in use in file XXX and that
there are at least 100 records in the file? 

Mike Schwartz