FileMan API Rules

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FileMan API Rule #1

Remember the FileMan API Rule #1 that states:

NO program should assume that any local variable with a restricted name will survive any call to any VA FileMan routines that start with “D”.
Restricted local variable name start with “%” and/or a single alphabetic letter possibly followed by a number, and/or the letter ‘D’ followed by anything