IFile.OpenBinaryWriter

Syntax

OpenBinaryWriter(FileName: String; Truncate: Boolean): IBinaryWriter;

Parameters

FileName - a path and name of the file that should be opened.

Truncate - a parameter that determines whether a file is cleared during opening.  True if it is.

Description

The OpenBinaryWriter method opens a file for writing in a binary format and sets a cursor to the beginning of a file.

Example

Sub Main;

Var

BinW: IBinaryWriter;

Begin

If File.Exists("c:\New_folder\1.txt") Then

BinW:=File.OpenBinaryWriter("c:\New_folder\1.txt",True);

BinW.WriteDateTime(DateTime.Now);

End If;

End Sub Main;

After executing this example, current date and time converted into binary format are written to the file 1.txt. The file is overwritten.

See also:

IFile