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FT_FUSE()
Open or close a text file for use by the FT_F* functions
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Syntax
FT_FUSE( [ <cFile> ] [, <nMode> ] ) -> nHandle | NIL
Arguments
<cFile> is the text file you want to open. If not specified,
the file currently open, if any, will be closed.
<nMode> is the open mode for the file. Please refer to the
discussion of open modes under FOPEN() in the Clipper manual
and FILEIO.CH for a list of allowable open modes. If not
specified, the file will be opened with a mode of
FO_READ + FO_SHARED (64).
Returns
If <cFile> is passed and the file is opened successfully, an
integer containing the file handle. If the file cannot be
opened, -1 will be returned.
If FT_FUSE() is called without any arguments, it will close the
text file in the current "text area" and return NIL.
Description
The FT_F*() file functions are for reading text files, that is,
files where each line (record) is delimited by a CRLF pair.
Each file is opened in its own "workarea", similar to the concept
use by dbf files. As provided, a maximum of 10 files (in 10
workareas) can be opened (assuming there are sufficient file
handles available). That number may be increased by modifying
the #define TEXT_WORKAREAS in the C source code and recompiling.
Examples
FT_FUSE( "text.c" ) // open text file
DO WHILE !FT_FEOF()
? FT_FREADLN()
FT_FSKIP()
ENDDO
FT_FUSE() // close file
Source: FTTEXT.C
Author: Brice de Ganahl and Steve Larsen
See Also:
FT_FUSE()
FT_FSELECT()
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