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Use this function to open a file using a file number that is not already in use by a currently open file.</paragraph> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 39*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150769" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph> 40*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">FreeFile</paragraph> 41*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151042" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Return value:</paragraph> 42*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150440" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Integer</paragraph> 43*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148576" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Parameters:</paragraph> 44*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">This function can only be used immediately in front of an Open statement. FreeFile returns the next available file number, but does not reserve it.</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err67"/> 48*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159153" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph> 49*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3146120" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile</paragraph> 50*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim iNumber As Integer</paragraph> 51*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151117" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim sLine As String</paragraph> 52*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147426" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim aFile As String</paragraph> 53*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149667" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim sMsg as String</paragraph> 54*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145800" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">aFile = "c:\data.txt"</paragraph> 55*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147396" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">sMsg = ""</paragraph> 56*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph> 57*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151074" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Open aFile For Output As #iNumber</paragraph> 58*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155416" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print #iNumber, "First line of text"</paragraph> 59*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153416" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print #iNumber, "Another line of text"</paragraph> 60*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149401" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Close #iNumber</paragraph> 61*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150330" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph> 62*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155067" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Open aFile For Input As #iNumber</paragraph> 63*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">While not eof(#iNumber)</paragraph> 64*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153714" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Line Input #iNumber, sLine</paragraph> 65*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148408" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">If sLine <>"" then</paragraph> 66*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156385" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sMsg = sMsg & sLine & chr(13)</paragraph> 67*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145147" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">end if</paragraph> 68*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153966" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">wend</paragraph> 69*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155961" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Close #iNumber</paragraph> 70*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149567" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Msgbox sMsg</paragraph> 71*da39209eSmseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3146917" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">End Sub</paragraph> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 74