The File class gives you the ability to open, close, read and write files. To use it, simply create an instance named the file name you wish to open and call it's open method.

Properties

• handle

Methods

• void dispose()
  Closes the file and disposes itself.
 
• void showStr(string strBuf)
  Prints the file name (object name) to strBuf.
 
• heapPtr open([number mode])
  Opens the file.

  If mode is specified, it opens it with mode as it's mode, otherwise, it uses fOPENFAIL as it's mode. Upon success, it returns a pointer to the object, otherwise, it returns NULL.

  The modes are as follows:

  fOPENFAIL	open or fail: Try to open file, abort if not possible
  fOPENCREATE	open or create: Try to open file, create it if it doesn't exist
  fCREATE	create: Create the file, destroying any content it might have had

• void write(string(s) putStrings)
  Writes the specified strings to the file.

  If the file is not open, it opens it with the default mode. It then writes all the strings given as parameters to the it.

• number read(string strBuf, number maxSize)
  Reads a string from the file.

  If the file is not open, it creates it. It then writes reads a string. If the string length exceeds maxSize, only maxSize is read. It returns the number of bytes read.

• void close()
  Closes the file and sets it's handle to NULL.