FileAttr Function

Description

Returns file mode or operating system file handle information for files opened using the Open statement.

Syntax

FileAttr(filenumber,returnType)

The FileAttr function syntax has these named-argument parts:

Part	Description

*filenumber*	Any valid file number.
*returnType*	Number indicating the type of information to return: specify 1 to return a value indicating the file mode; specify 2 to return the operating system file handle.

Return Values

When the returnType argument is 1, the following return values indicate the file mode:

Value	File Mode

1	Input
2	Output
4	Random
8	Append
32	Binary

See Also

GetAttr Function, Open Statement, SetAttr Statement.

Example

This example uses the FileAttr function to return the file mode and file handle of an open file.

FileNum = 1    ' Assign file number.
Open "TESTFILE" For Append As FileNum    ' Open file.
Handle = FileAttr(FileNum, 1)    ' Returns 8 (Append file mode).
Mode = FileAttr(FileNum, 2)    ' Returns file handle.
Close FileNum    ' Close file.