CALL POPARF (AFID, ARCFIL)
Opens an archive file.
The archive state is set to AROP and identifier AFID is added to the list of opened archives in the PHIGS STATE list.
An archive file is a means of saving structure definitions and therefore of making a backup of the centralized structure store (CSS). OPEN ARCHIVE is the first function in a group of functions allowing an element in an archive to be backed up, restored and destroyed.
close archive file, archive structures, set conflict resolution, retrieve structures, delete structures from archive, inquire archive state value, inquire phigs facilities, inquire archive files