CFile Member Functions

Construction
CFile Constructs a CFile object from a path or file handle.
Abort Closes a file ignoring all warnings and errors.
Open Safely opens a file with an error-testing option.
Close Closes a file and deletes the object.

Input/Output
Read Reads (unbuffered) data from a file at the current file position.
ReadHuge Can read more than 64K of (unbuffered) data from a file at the current file position. Obsolete in 32-bit programming. See Read.
Write Writes (unbuffered) data in a file to the current file position.
WriteHuge Can write more than 64K of (unbuffered) data in a file to the current file position. Obsolete in 32-bit programming. See Write.
Flush Flushes any data yet to be written.

Position
Seek Positions the current file pointer.
SeekToBegin Positions the current file pointer at the beginning of the file.
SeekToEnd Positions the current file pointer at the end of the file.
GetLength Retrieves the length of the file.
SetLength Changes the length of the file.

Status
GetPosition Retrieves the current file pointer.
GetStatus Retrieves the status of this open file.
GetFileName Retrieves the filename of the selected file.
GetFileTitle Retrieves the title of the selected file.
GetFilePath Retrieves the full file path of the selected file.
SetFilePath Sets the full file path of the selected file.

Static
Rename Renames the specified file (static function).
Remove Deletes the specified file (static function).
GetStatus Retrieves the status of the specified file (static, virtual function).
SetStatus Sets the status of the specified file (static, virtual function).

See Also

CFile Overview, CFile Data Members, CFile Structures, File Service Classes