NGWS SDK Documentation  

This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.
To comment on this topic, please send us email at ngwssdk@microsoft.com. Thanks!

FileAttr Function Example

This example uses the FileAttr function to return the file mode and file handle of an open file. The file handle is returned only on 16-bit systems; on 32-bit systems, passing 2 as a second argument generates an error.

Dim FileNum, Mode, Handle
FileNum = 1   ' Assign file number.
Open "TESTFILE" For Append As FileNum   ' Open file.
Mode = FileAttr(FileNum, 1)   ' Returns 8 (Append file mode).
Handle = FileAttr(FileNum, 2)   ' Returns file handle.
Close FileNum   ' Close file.