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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">FileAttr-Function [Runtime]</title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35<lastedited date="2004-09-01T15:27:50">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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39<section id="fileattr">
40<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153380"><bookmark_value>FileAttr function</bookmark_value>
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42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153380" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020405.xhp" name="FileAttr-Function [Runtime]">FileAttr Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154366" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the access mode or the file access number of a file that was opened with the Open statement. The file access number is dependent on the operating system (OSH = Operating System Handle).</paragraph>
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45<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3153364" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">If you use a 32-Bit operating system, you cannot use the FileAttr-Function to determine the file access number.</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3163713" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">See also: <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020103.xhp" name="Open">Open</link></paragraph>
47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151116" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Syntax:</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154012" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">FileAttr (FileNumber As Integer, Attribute As Integer)</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Return value:</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146974" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Integer</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153728" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Parameters:</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151074" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">
53<emph>FileNumber:</emph> The number of the file that was opened with the Open statement.</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144766" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">
55<emph>Attribute:</emph> Integer expression that indicates the type of file information that you want to return. The following values are possible:</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147396" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">1: The FileAttr-Function indicates the access mode of the file.</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149959" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">2: The FileAttr-Function returns the file access number of the operating system.</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154018" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">If you specify a parameter attribute with a value of 1, the following return values apply:</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149124" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">1 - INPUT (file open for input)</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156275" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">2 - OUTPUT (file open for output)</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155066" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">4 - RANDOM (file open for random access)</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148406" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">8 - APPEND (file open for appending)</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154757" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">32 - BINARY (file open in binary mode).</paragraph>
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67<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147339" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="20">Example:</paragraph>
68<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155959" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Sub ExampleFileAttr</paragraph>
69<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145147" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Dim iNumber As Integer</paragraph>
70<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153966" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Dim sLine As String</paragraph>
71<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155336" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Dim aFile As String</paragraph>
72<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3163807" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">aFile = "c:\data.txt"</paragraph>
73<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154021" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph>
74<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153786" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">Open aFile For Output As #iNumber</paragraph>
75<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155607" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Print #iNumber, "This is a line of text"</paragraph>
76<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150361" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">MsgBox FileAttr(#iNumber, 1 ),0,"Access mode"</paragraph>
77<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149817" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">MsgBox FileAttr(#iNumber, 2 ),0,"File attribute"</paragraph>
78<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155115" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Close #iNumber</paragraph>
79<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147130" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">End Sub</paragraph>
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