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fopen_s

fopen_s

Description

Open a file for reading or writing.

Function prototype

bool fopen_s <voidptr&:hFile> <string:FileName> <string:Mode>

Arguments

Name	Type	Comment
hFile	voidptr&	A reference to a pointer to be used as a file handle.
FileName	string	A string containing the name of the file to be opened.
Mode	string	A string containing the file access mode. Please see the fopen C/C++ documentation for more information.

Return value

False if an error occurred, or true otherwise.

Example

voidptr fp // create a file handle
asert <zs:fopen_s fp "C:\\test.txt" "w"> "Cannot open file!" // exit if file can't be opened

string s
set string "Hello!"
fwrite fp s // write text to file

fclose fp // close file

… the output of which is written to the 'C:\test.txt' file:

Hello!

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