Reset Command

Purpose

Closes all disk files opened using the Open statement.

Syntax

Reset

Description

The Reset statement closes all active files opened by the Open statement and writes the contents of all file buffers to disk.

Example

Dim FileNumber%

For FileNumber = 1 To 5   ' Loop 5 times.

' Open file for output. FileNumber is concatenated into the string

' TEST for the file name, but is a number following a #.

Open App.Path & "\TEST" & FileNumber for Output As # FileNumber

Write # FileNumber, "Hello World"   ' Write data to file.

Next FileNumber

Reset   ' Close files and write contents to disk.

// Tidy up

For FileNumber = 1 To 5 : Kill App.Path & "\TEST" & FileNumber : Next FileNumber

Remarks

Close without an argument performs the same action. Reset is VB compatible.

See Also

Open, Close, Flush, Commit

{Created by Sjouke Hamstra; Last updated: 22/10/2014 by James Gaite}