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If not, see * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. * ************************************************************************--> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textsbasicshared03020303xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Lof Function [Runtime]</title> <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03020303.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> <lastedited date="2004-09-01T15:25:31">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> </history> </meta> <body> <section id="lof"> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156024"><bookmark_value>Lof function</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156024" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020303.xhp" name="Lof Function [Runtime]">Lof Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146794" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the size of an open file in bytes.</paragraph> </section> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153380" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> <bascode> <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3150359" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Lof (FileNumber)</paragraph> </bascode> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154141" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147230" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Long</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"> <emph>FileNumber:</emph> Any numeric expression that contains the file number that is specified in the Open statement.</paragraph> <paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">To obtain the length of a file that is not open, use the <emph>FileLen</emph> function.</paragraph> <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err52"/> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155415" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph> <bascode> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3151074" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleRandomAccess</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3145251" xml-lang="en-US">Dim iNumber As Integer</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154730" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Dim sText As Variant REM must be a Variant</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3145646" xml-lang="en-US">Dim aFile As String</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3153157" xml-lang="en-US"> aFile = "c:\data.txt"</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3149403" xml-lang="en-US"> iNumber = Freefile</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3149121" xml-lang="en-US"> Open aFile For Random As #iNumber Len=32</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3156276" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19"> Seek #iNumber,1 REM Position at start</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3148405" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20"> Put #iNumber,, "This is the first line of text" REM Fill with text</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154756" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21"> Put #iNumber,, "This is the second line of text"</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3145643" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22"> Put #iNumber,, "This is the third line of text"</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3156383" xml-lang="en-US"> Seek #iNumber,2</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3155333" xml-lang="en-US"> Get #iNumber,,sText</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3149255" xml-lang="en-US"> Print sText</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3154702" xml-lang="en-US"> Close #iNumber</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3153965" xml-lang="en-US"> iNumber = Freefile</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3163807" xml-lang="en-US"> Open aFile For Random As #iNumber Len=32</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3155607" xml-lang="en-US"> Get #iNumber,2,sText</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3150299" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31"> Put #iNumber,,"This is a new line of text"</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3147002" xml-lang="en-US"> Get #iNumber,1,sText</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3149036" xml-lang="en-US"> Get #iNumber,2,sText</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3166425" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34"> Put #iNumber,20,"This is the text in record 20"</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3149817" xml-lang="en-US"> Print Lof(#iNumber)</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3146811" xml-lang="en-US"> Close #iNumber</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3154200" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph> </bascode> </body> </helpdocument>