appending files

[Keith E. Black]

I am writing my own checking program. The major problem I have is
saving the amount of the check or deposit, so that it would be added
to the file to show the balance the next time the file is opened. Does
anyone know where there is a snippet of code that I can view that will
assist me in solving this problem.

Thanks

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[Michael Mattias]

If the file is accessed sequentially (e.g., a comma-separate values file)

OPEN "THEFILE" [b]FOR APPEND[/b] AS #hFile
WRITE #hFile, CheckNo, Payee, Amt, NewBalance
CLOSE hFile

If the file is to be accessed RANDOM

DIM R AS RecordUDT
OPEN "THEFILE" FOR RANDOM AS hFile LEN=SIZEOF(R)
[b]nRecs = LOF(hFile) \ SIZEOF(R)[/b] ' how many records in file now?
R.Checkno  = whatever
R.Payee    = whatever
R.Amt      = whatever
[b]INCR nRecs[/b]  ' add at end
PUT #hFile, nRecs, R
CLOSE hFIle

MCM



[This message has been edited by Michael Mattias (edited February 20, 2003).]