Input and Output Keywords

Action	Keywords	GB	VB6
Access or create a file	Open	v	v
Close files	Close, Reset	v	v
Flush data	Commit, Flush	v
Control output appearance	Format, Print, Print, Spc, Tab	v	v
	Width #		v
Copy/Move a file	FileCopy CopyFile, MoveFile	v v	v
Get information about a file	EOF, FileAttr, FileDateTime, FileLen, FreeFile, GetAttr, Loc, LOF, Seek	v	v
Get information about a file	_File, TextEOF, RecordLOF	v
Get and set	RelSeek, SeekEnd	v
Get and set date/time	FileDateTimeAccess, FileDateTimeCreate, SetFileDateTime, SetFileDateTimeAccess, SetFileDateTimeCreate, Touch	v
Manage files	Dir, Kill, Lock, Unlock, Name	v	v
Delete files and folders	KillFile, DeleteFile	v
Manage files	Files	v
Read from a file	Get, Input, Input#, Input?, LineInput#, Record	v	v
Return length of a file	FileLen	v	v
Set or get file attributes	FileAttr, GetAttr, SetAttr	v	v
Set or get file attributes	FSATTR, FGATTR	v
Set read-write position in a file	Seek RelSeek, SeekEnd	v v	v
Write to a file	Print#, Put, , Record, Write	v	v
Block write/read to a file	Bput, Bget	v
Block write/read a file	Bsave, Bload	v
Read/write byte, word, or integer	Inp, Out	v
Read/write string array	Recall, Store
Read/write to PORT (byte, word, or integer)	Inp(Port), Out(Port)	v
VB compatible, 32-bits functions	FileLen%, Loc%, LOF%, Seek%, RelSeek%	v	v
Read/Write Variants	VarLoad, VarSave	v	v

Note - All VB file functions operate with 32-bits integers, a value between 1 and 2,147,483,647 (equivalent to 2^31 - 1), inclusive.

All GFA-BASIC 32 file functions operate with 64-bit integers, by default. To use VB compatible commands use the functions with % postfix.