Open Instruction

Syntax              Open Name$For mode [Access access] [lock] As _
    [#]StreamNum [Len = RecordLen]

Group                File

Description       Open file Name$ for mode as StreamNum.

Reading Unicode Files      To read a Unicode (UTF-16 or UTF-8) file, just open using Input mode. All the input is converted automatically.

Writing Unicode Files       To write a Unicode (UTF-16 or UTF-8) file, open using Output or Append mode and write the appropriate Byte Order Mark (BOM). All the printed output is converted automatically.

To create a Unicode (UTF-16) text file use:

Open FileName$ For Output As #fn
Print #fn, vbUTF16BOM; ' first char is the UTF-16 Byte Order Mark
... ' everything automatically converted to UTF-16
Close #fn

To create a Unicode (UTF-8) text file use:

Open FileName$ For Output As #fn
Print #fn, vbUTF8BOM; ' first three chars are the UTF-8 Byte Order Mark
... ' everything automatically converted to UTF-8
Close #fn

Pocket PC         Access and lock ignored.

Name$                This string value is the path and name of the file. A path relative to the current directory can be used. 

mode                   May be Input, Output, Append, Binary or Random.

access                 May be Read, Write or Read Write. (Only allowed for Binary and Random modes.)

lock                     May be Shared, Lock Read, Lock Write or Lock Read Write.

StreamNum         Streams 1 through 255 are private to each macro. Streams 256 through 511 are shared by all macros. 

See Also            Close, FileAttr, FreeFile, Reset.

Example            '#Language "WWB-COM"
Sub Main
    Open "XXX" For Output As #1
    Print #1, "1,2,""Hello"""
    Close #1
EndSub