Open Instruction

Syntax

Open Name$ For mode [Access access] [lock] As _
    [#]StreamNum [Len = RecordLen]

Group

File

Description

Open file Name$ for mode as StreamNum.

Reading Unicode Files

To read a Unicode (UTF-16 or UTF-8) file, just open using Input mode. All the input is converted automatically.

Writing Unicode Files

To write a Unicode (UTF-16 or UTF-8) file, open using Output or Append mode and write the appropriate Byte Order Mark (BOM). All the printed output is converted automatically.

To create a Unicode (UTF-16) text file use:

Open FileName$ For Output As #fn
Print #fn, vbUTF16BOM; ' first char is the UTF-16 Byte Order Mark
... ' everything automatically converted to UTF-16
Close #fn

To create a Unicode (UTF-8) text file use:

Open FileName$ For Output As #fn
Print #fn, vbUTF8BOM; ' first three chars are the UTF-8 Byte Order Mark
... ' everything automatically converted to UTF-8
Close #fn

Pocket PC

Access and lock ignored.

Parameters

Parameters	Description
Name$	This string value is the path and name of the file. A path relative to the current directory can be used.
mode	May be Input, Output, Append, Binary or Random.
access	May be Read, Write or Read Write. (Only allowed for Binary and Random modes.)
lock	May be Shared, Lock Read, Lock Write or Lock Read Write.
StreamNum	Streams 1 through 255 are private to each macro. Streams 256 through 511 are shared by all macros.
RecordLen	This numeric value is the record length for Random mode files. Other file modes ignore this value.

Example

Sub Main
    Open "XXX" For Output As #1
    Print #1, "1,2,""Hello"""
    Close #1
End Sub