Open

This method opens a file in either the Input (1), Output (2), Random (4), Append (8), or Binary mode (32).

Syntax

file.Open pathname, mode, [access], [lock], [reclength]

Parameters

file

Reference to a File control.

pathname

String expression that specifies a file name.

mode

Specifies the file mode: Input (1), Output (2), Random (4) , Append (8), or Binary (32).

access

Operation permitted on the open file: Read, Write, or ReadWrite [Default]. (1, 2, 3)

lock

Operations permitted on the open file by other processes: Shared, LockRead, LockWrite [Default], and LockReadWrite. (1, 2, 3, 0)

reclength

Number, in bytes, that is less than 32,767. For files opened for random access, this value is the record length. For sequential files, this value is the number of characters buffered.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

The reclength parameter is ignored if the mode is Binary. When opening a file in Random mode, you must specifiy a record size of greater than zero or an error will occur.