List of workfiles?

[paues]

To retrieve pages in a workfile there is the @pagelist function. Is there something similar for retrieving open workfiles? Open databases?

[EViews Gareth]

No.

[paues]

In that case, would you consider adding it? Especially a @wflist function would be very handy when writing e.g. addins.

[EViews Gareth]

We'll contemplate it, although it is somewhat tricky since EViews allows untitled workfiles, multiple workfiles with the same name, and multiple instances of the same workfile.

[paues]

That does indeed make things trickier. But in that case, how can my program know which of two identically named work files is active? Can I be sure what workfile will be selected by wfselect?

[EViews Gareth]

No. The answer, as a user, is to ensure you don't give your workfiles identical names :)

[paues]

I see. Usually, I am all for giving the users free reins (making the application crash through infinite loop etc.). Here, however, I would prefer if either you gave the users some way to programmatically discern between identically named workfiles or, perhaps a lot easier, just put up a one workfile per name restriction. Allowing workfiles to be opened under an alias would also be a welcome, related feature.

(It is not that I myself would do such a perverse a thing as to name two workfiles identically, but I write e.g. addins for my users and there are no ends to what they might dream of doing. )