FileAttr Function

Description

Returns a Long representing the file mode for files opened using the Open statement.

Syntax

FileAttr(filenumber, returntype)

The FileAttr function syntax has these named arguments

Part	Description

filenumber	Required; Integer. Any valid file number.
returntype	Required; Integer. Number indicating the type of information to return. Specify 1 to return a value indicating the file mode. On 16-bit systems only, specify 2 to retrieve an operating system file handle. Returntype 2 is not supported in 32-bit systems and causes an error.

Return Values

When the returntype argument is 1, the following return values indicate the file access mode

Mode	Value

Input	1
Output	2
Random	4
Append	8
Binary	32

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.

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