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Close statement Close Statement [Runtime] Closes a specified file that was opened with the Open statement.

Syntax: Close FileNumber As Integer[, FileNumber2 As Integer[,...]] Parameters: FileNumber: Any integer expression that specifies the number of the data channel that was opened with the Open statement. Example: Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile Dim iNumber As Integer Dim sLine As String Dim aFile As String Dim sMsg as String aFile = "c:\data.txt" sMsg = "" iNumber = Freefile Open aFile For Output As #iNumber Print #iNumber, "First line of text" Print #iNumber, "Another line of text" Close #iNumber iNumber = Freefile Open aFile For Input As iNumber While not eof(iNumber) Line Input #iNumber, sLine If sLine <>"" then sMsg = sMsg & sLine & chr(13) end if wend Close #iNumber Msgbox sMsg End Sub