◄Contents► ◄Index► ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The APPEND, BINARY, INPUT, OUTPUT, and RANDOM keywords are used in the OPEN statement to specify file modes. INPUT, OUTPUT, and RANDOM are also used in the OPEN COM statement. ■ APPEND specifies that the file is to be opened for sequential output and sets the file pointer to the end of the file. A PRINT # or WRITE # statement then extends (appends to) the file. ■ BINARY specifies a binary-file mode. In binary mode, you can read or write information to any byte position in the file using GET or PUT statements. ■ INPUT specifies that the file is opened for sequential input. ■ OUTPUT specifies that the file is opened for sequential output. ■ RANDOM specifies that the file is opened in random-access file mode. RANDOM is the default file mode. See Also ◄OPEN► ◄OPEN COM► ◄PRINT, LPRINT► ◄WRITE► ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── © Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1987-1992. All rights reserved. Converted from qbasic.hlp with DosHelp/HelpConvert