Open statement for hash files

[tonystark622]

This is excerpted from a function someone else wrote, so YMMV

FileName = Arg1

OpenPath FileName To FileHandle Then
... do stuff here
End Else
Ans = @False
Call DSLogFatal(" unable to open file, status = " : Status(), "YourRoutineName")
End

You might want to read up on OpenPath and Read in the Universe Basic Help file.

Hope this helps,
Tony

[ray.wurlod]

The only "difference" between the two is that, where the hashed file is created in an account, an entry is made in the VOC (vocabulary) for that account, so that the OPEN statement can be used. If the hashed file is created in a directory there is on entry in the VOC, so that the OPENPATH statement must be used. OPENPATH can also be used if the hashed file is created in an account.

Ray Wurlod
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