1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 382a1df74SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 41ca2cdb3Smseidel * 582a1df74SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 682a1df74SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 782a1df74SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 882a1df74SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 982a1df74SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 1082a1df74SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 1182a1df74SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 121ca2cdb3Smseidel * 1382a1df74SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 141ca2cdb3Smseidel * 1582a1df74SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 1682a1df74SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 1782a1df74SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 1882a1df74SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 1982a1df74SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 2082a1df74SAndrew Rist * under the License. 211ca2cdb3Smseidel * 2282a1df74SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 2382a1df74SAndrew Rist 24cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsbasicshared03020305xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Seek Statement [Runtime]</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03020305.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 328b0727e7Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3159413"> 338b0727e7Smseidel<bookmark_value>Seek statement</bookmark_value> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159413" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020305.xhp" name="Seek Statement [Runtime]">Seek Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153381" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="2">Sets the position for the next writing or reading in a file that was opened with the Open statement.<comment>UFI: see #61751</comment></paragraph> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2100589" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For random access files, the Seek statement sets the number of the next record to be accessed.</paragraph> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5444807" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For all other files, the Seek statement sets the byte position at which the next operation is to occur.</paragraph> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">See also: <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020103.xhp" name="Open">Open</link>, <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020304.xhp" name="Seek">Seek</link>.</paragraph> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145785" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="6">Syntax:</paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145273" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="7">Seek[#FileNumber], Position (As Long)</paragraph> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154321" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Parameters:</paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153952" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9"> 44*23444184Smseidel<emph>FileNumber:</emph> The data channel number used in the Open statement.</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145366" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"> 46*23444184Smseidel<emph>Position:</emph> Position for the next writing or reading. Position can be a number between 1 and 2,147,483,647. According to the file type, the position indicates the number of the record (files in the Random mode) or the byte position (files in the Binary, Output, Append or Input mode). The first byte in a file is position 1, the second byte is position 2, and so on.</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err52"/> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 52