DKOpen()

  DKOpen and DKClose

Description

DKOpen() is used to establish access to a binary file.

Call Signature

int DKOpen ( string file name [, string access_type] )

Return Value

int

A non-zero number is returned on sucess, 0 is returned if the call fails.

Arguments

string file name:

Path name of binary file to access.

[ string access_type]:

One of "r" for read access, "w" for write access and "r+" for update access. This field defaults to "r" for read access if not specified.

Remarks

An access_type of "w" will delete the existing file contents, while an access type of "r+" will allow reading and updating of the existing file.

The file handle returned may be used with the DKRead() and DKWrite() intrinsic functions. Access to a binary file is released in EASI by calling DKClose().

See also

Binary file functions

DKClose()

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