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| <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">FreeFile Function[Runtime]</title> |
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| <section id="freefile"> |
| <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150400"> |
| <bookmark_value>FreeFile function</bookmark_value> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150400" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020102.xhp" name="FreeFile Function[Runtime]">FreeFile Function[Runtime]</link></paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154366" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Returns the next available file number for opening a file. Use this function to open a file using a file number that is not already in use by a currently open file.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150769" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">FreeFile</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151042" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Return value:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150440" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Integer</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148576" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Parameters:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">This function can only be used immediately in front of an Open statement. FreeFile returns the next available file number, but does not reserve it.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159153" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3146120" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim iNumber As Integer</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151117" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim sLine As String</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147426" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim aFile As String</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149667" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim sMsg as String</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145800" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">aFile = "c:\data.txt"</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147396" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">sMsg = ""</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151074" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Open aFile For Output As #iNumber</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155416" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print #iNumber, "First line of text"</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153416" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print #iNumber, "Another line of text"</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149401" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Close #iNumber</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150330" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155067" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Open aFile For Input As #iNumber</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">While not eof(#iNumber)</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153714" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Line Input #iNumber, sLine</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148408" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">If sLine <>"" then</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156385" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sMsg = sMsg & sLine & chr(13)</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145147" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">end if</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153966" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">wend</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155961" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Close #iNumber</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149567" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Msgbox sMsg</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="code" id="par_id3146917" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">End Sub</paragraph> |
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