FileAttr Function

       

Returns a Long representing the file mode for files opened using the Open statement.

Syntax

FileAttr(filenumber, returntype)

The FileAttr function syntax has these named arguments:

Part Description
filenumber Required; Integer. Any valid file number.
returntype Required; Integer. Number indicating the type of information to return. Specify 1 to return a value indicating the file mode. On 16-bit systems only, specify 2 to retrieve an operating system file handle. Returntype 2 is not supported in 32-bit systems and causes an error.

Return Values

When the returntype argument is 1, the following return values indicate the file access mode:

Mode Value
Input 1
Output 2
Random 4
Append 8
Binary 32