Append record in Random-Mode

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hello,

I´ve opened a file in Random - Mode:

dim a as shared string *40

Open "R", 1, "test", sizeof(a)

then I wanted to append a record to an empty file:

put 1,lof(1),a$

I've got an error '63 bad record number' but lof(1) is 0

and 0 is allowed. I've no option base.. command used.

Then I've tested:

seek 1,lof(1) --- the same Error ??? why ???

Thanks for help. ( In Binäry mode this is no problem )


Regards

Matthias Kuhn

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[Michael Mattias]

No, zero is NOT allowed in RANDOM mode. Frome the help file:

¦
PUT statement (random files) ¦
---------------------------- ¦
Purpose: Writes a record to a random-access file. ¦
¦
Syntax: PUT [#]filenum [, loc] [, var] ¦
¦
'loc' is a numeric expression specifying the record to be written, and ¦
can range from 1 to 16,777,216. If specified, var is a variable containing¦
data to write at the record position. ¦

Zero is OK as a 'loc' for the put verb when using a file opened for BINARY access.

MCM