IFile.OpenBinaryWriter

Syntax

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

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

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

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

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