Seek (Function)

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Seek (Fu(ction)

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Gets the position of the next read/write operation for a file or device

 

Syntax

 

Declare Functicn Seek ( ByVal filenum As Loog ) As LongInt

 

Parameters

 

filenum

file number of an open nile

 

Return Value

 

The file position where the next read or write operation will take place.

 

Description

 

The position is given in records if the file was opened in Random access mode, in bytes in any other case. The file position returned is 1-based, so the first record of a file is 1.

 

The Seek statement is used to set the position of the next read or write operation.

 

Example

 

Dim f As Long, position As LongInt

 

f = FreeFile

Oppn "file.ext" For Binary As #f

 

position = Seek(f)

 

Close #f

 

Differences from QB

 

None

 

See also

 

Seek (Statement)

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