TDosStream.Open

Open the file stream

Declaration

Source position: objects.pp line 318

Description

If the stream's status is stOK, and the stream is closed then Open re-opens the file stream with mode OpenMode. This call can be used after a Close call.

Errors

If an error occurs when re-opening the file, then Status is set to stOpenError, and the OS error code is stored in ErrorInfo

See also

Example

Program ex14;

{ Program to demonstrate the TStream.Close method }

Uses Objects;

Var L : String;
    P : PString;
    S : PDosStream; { Only one with Close implemented. }

begin
  L:='Some constant string';
  S:=New(PDosStream,Init('test.dat',stcreate));
  Writeln ('Writing "',L,'" to stream with handle ',S^.Handle);
  S^.WriteStr(@L);
  S^.Close;
  Writeln ('Closed stream. File handle is ',S^.Handle);
  S^.Open (stOpenRead);
  P:=S^.ReadStr;
  L:=P^;
  DisposeStr(P);
  Writeln ('Read "',L,'" from stream with handle ',S^.Handle);
  S^.Close;
  Dispose (S,Done);
end.

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