Description
Closes the file associated with the specified file number. The file number was assigned to the file with the FileOpen function.
Syntax
FileClose ( file# )
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Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
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file# |
The integer assigned to the file you want to close. The FileOpen function returns the file number when it opens the file. |
Return value
Integer.
Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs. If file# is null, FileClose returns null.
Usage
The file is saved in the encoding format in which it was opened.
Examples
These statements open and then close the file EMPLOYEE.DAT. The variable li_FileNum stores the number assigned to the file when FileOpen opens the file. FileClose uses that number to close the file:
integer li_FileNum
li_FileNum = FileOpen("EMPLOYEE.DAT")
. . . // Some processing
FileClose(li_FileNum)See also
