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insightgetappattach

insightgetappattach


Purpose
Retrieves an app attachment from the Insight server, placing it in the Mosel working directory where it can be read by the model.
Synopsis
procedure insightgetappattach(filename:text)
Argument
filename 
The filename of the attachment to be retrieved.
Example
insightgetappattach('myattach.dat')
if insightattachstatus=INSIGHT_ATTACH_OK then
  initializations from 'myattach.dat'
    MY_ARRAY
  end-initializations
else
  writeln("Error retrieving attachment")
end-if
Example of copying an app attachment called myattach.dat to the working directory.
Further information
1. Check the attachment status code using insightattachstatus to determine whether the attachment was successfully fetched.
2. Attempting to access attachments when the model is not being run through Xpress Insight will cause the model to abort with an error.
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