WD98: Using the Open Statement in Word VBA (181817)

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   Part            Description
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   pathname        Required. String expression that specifies a file name
                   may include directory or folder, and drive.

   mode            Required. Keyword specifying the file mode: Append,
                   Binary, Input, Output, or Random. If unspecified, the
                   file is opened for Random access.

   access          Optional. Keyword specifying the operations permitted on
                   the open file: Read, Write, or Read Write.

   lock            Optional. Keyword specifying the operations permitted on
                   the open file by other processes: Shared, Lock Read,
                   Lock Write, and Lock Read Write.

   filenumber      Required. A valid file number in the range 1 to 511,
                   inclusive. Use the FreeFile function to obtain the next
                   available file number.

   reclength       Optional. Number less than or equal to 32,767 (bytes).
                   For files opened for random access, this value is the
                   record length. For sequential files, this value is the
                   number of characters buffered.
				

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub OpenExample()

      Dim sFirst, sLast, sAddress, sCity, sState, sZip As String

      ' CREATE DATA FILE
      ' Open file for input.
      Open "TextDataFile" For Output As #1

      ' Write data to file.
      Write #1, "John", "Doe", "An Address", "A City", "A State", "A Zip"

      ' Close file.
      Close #1

      ' RETRIEVE DATA FROM FILE
      ' Open file for input.
      Open "TextDataFile" For Input As #1

      ' Loop until the end of file is reached.
      Do While Not EOF(1)

         ' Read data into variables.
         Input #1, sFirst,sLast,sAddress,sCity,sState,sZip

         ' Print data to Debug window.
         Debug.Print sFirst,sLast,sAddress,sCity,sState,sZip

      Loop

      ' Close file.
      Close #1

   End Sub
				

This macro creates or opens a file called "TextDataFile" and puts the comma and quotation mark delimited data into the file. The data can then later be retrieved using the Input # Statement.