VB6 Get statement syntax: - Get [#]filenumber, [recnumber], varname Reads data from an open disk file into a variable.
Syntax
Get [#]filenumber, [recnumber], varnameParameters
| Part | Description |
|---|---|
| filenumber | Required. Any valid file number. |
| recnumber | Optional. Variant (Long). Record number (Random mode files) or byte number (Binary mode files) at which reading begins. |
| varname | Required. Valid variable name into which data is read. |
Remarks
- Get is used with files opened in Binary or Random mode.
- For files opened in Random mode, the record length specified in the Open statement determines the number of bytes read.
- For files opened in Binary mode, Get reads any number of bytes.
- The first record or byte in a file is at position 1, the second at position 2, and so on.
- If you omit recnumber, the next record or byte following the last Get or Put statement (or pointed to by the last Seek function) is read.
- You must include delimiting commas, for example: Get #1, , myVariable
- For files opened in Random mode, the following rules apply:
- If the length of the data being read is less than the length specified in the Len clause, subsequent records on disk are aligned on record-length boundaries.
- The space between the end of one record and the beginning of the next is padded with existing file contents.
- If the variable being read is a variable-length string, Get reads a 2-byte descriptor containing the string length and then reads the string data.
- For files opened in Binary mode, all the Random rules apply, except:
- The Len clause in the Open statement has no effect.
- Get reads the data contiguously, with no padding between records.
Examples
Get #1, , myRecord
Get #1, recordNumber, customerData
Get fileNum, , buffer