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Openout – Argox PA-20 Basic Programming Manual User Manual

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OPENOUT

Purpose: To open (w+) a file and get the file for further processing.

Syntax: F%=OPENOUT filename$

Example: FilePath$="C:\DATA\Test.DAT"

fileID%=OPENOUT FilePath $

Description: F% is sn integer variable to be assigned to the result.

F%

Meaning

0

Open file failed.

Other

Open successfully. It returns the file.

filename$ is a string variable indicating the file path.

In case of error, open will return an integer value of 0. You

can use the GET_FILE_ERROR command to get the file

error code. Possible error codes and their interpretation are

listed below:

GET_FILE_ERROR Meaning

1

Filename is a NULL string.

6

 Can't create file because the

maximum number of files

allowed in the system is

exceeded.

 File path error.