Command: FileOpen

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Opens ASCII files for reading or writing.

Input Parameters

FileName	Specifies the file name. String variable Note  In many commands, you can use the * wildcard for any number of characters, and the ? wildcard for one character.
FileMode	Specifies whether you write into a new ASCII file, extend the contents of an existing ASCII file, or read from an existing file. Byte variable 0 <= FileMode <= 2 The FileMode variable can accept three values: 0 Create new file and open file for writing. 1 Append to existing file and open file for writing. 2 Open for reading.

Note  If you do not specify a path, DIAdem searches for or creates ASCII files in the SCRIPT user folder.

Note  Use the TextFileOpen function to open text files. Use the TextFileClose function to close text files. These functions also support long text and Unicode characters.

Example

The following example creates the Text.asc ASCII file and opens the file for writing.

Call FileOpen(DataReadPath & "Text.asc",0)

dd.FileOpen(dd.DataReadPath + "Text.asc",0) 

Related Topics

Command: DataFileDelete | Command: DataFileLstGet | Command: DataFileMove | Command: DataFileRename | Command: DirLstWrite | Command: ExecuteExclusiveBegin | Command: ExecuteExclusiveEnd | Command: ExecuteExclusiveEndAll | Command: FileAttrClear | Command: FileAttrSet | Command: FileClose | Command: FileCloseAll | Command: FileCopy | Command: FileDateSet | Command: FileDelete | Command: FileMove | Command: FileRename | Function: DataFileSize