FileSystem.FileAttr(Int32) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Source:: FileSystem.vb

Source:: FileSystem.vb

Source:: FileSystem.vb

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Returns an enumeration representing the file mode for files opened using the FileOpen function. The FileSystem gives you better productivity and performance in file I/O operations than the FileAttr function. See GetFileInfo(String) for more information.

public:
 static Microsoft::VisualBasic::OpenMode FileAttr(int FileNumber);

public static Microsoft.VisualBasic.OpenMode FileAttr (int FileNumber);

static member FileAttr : int -> Microsoft.VisualBasic.OpenMode

Public Function FileAttr (FileNumber As Integer) As OpenMode

Parameters

FileNumber: Int32

Required. Integer. Any valid file number.

Returns

OpenMode

One of the following values:

Value	File access mode
1	`OpenMode.Input`
2	`OpenMode.Output`
4	`OpenMode.Random`
8	`OpenMode.Append`
32	`OpenMode.Binary`

Examples

This example uses the FileAttr function to return the file mode of an open file.

Dim mode As OpenMode
FileOpen(1, "c:\TESTFILE.TXT", OpenMode.Input)
mode = FileAttr(1)
MsgBox("The file mode is " & mode.ToString())
FileClose(1)

Remarks

This function returns an enumeration representing the file mode for files opened using the FileOpen function.

Applies to

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