WriteFields

This method writes data to a sequential file.

Syntax

file.WriteFields [data]

Parameters

file

Reference to a File control.

data

Variant or Variant array of numeric or string expressions to write to a file.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

Data written with WriteFields is usually read from a file with InputFields.

If you omit data, a blank line is printed to the file.

When WriteFields is used to write data to a file, several universal assumptions are followed so that the data can always be read and correctly interpreted using InputFields, regardless of locale:

• Numeric data is always written using the period as the decimal separator.
• For Boolean data, either #TRUE# or #FALSE# is printed. The True and False keywords are not translated, regardless of locale.
• Date data is written to the file using the universal date format. When either the date or the time component is missing or is zero, only the component provided gets written to the file.
• Nothing is written to the file if Data is Empty. However, for Null data, #NULL# is written.
• If data is Null, #NULL# is written to the file.

The WriteFields method inserts commas between items and quotation marks around strings as they are written to the file. You do not have to put explicit delimiters in the list. WriteFields inserts a newline character—that is, a carriage return/line feed (Chr(13) + Chr(10))—after it has written the final character in data to the file.