HB_FInfo()

Retrieves status information about the currently selected text file

Syntax

      HB_Finfo() --> aInfo

Return

HB_FInfo() returns a one dimensional array with six elements, holding information about the currently selected text file

Description

File information array :

         Element Description
         ------- ---------------------------------
             1   Currently selected text file area
             2   Line count according to HB_FLastRec()
             3   Current line according to HB_FRecno()
             4   Position of file pointer
             5   File size in bytes
             6   End-of-file flag according to HB_FEof()

Example

      HB_FUse( "test.txt" )
      aTFInfo := HB_FInfo()
      ? 'Work area #  : ',  aTFInfo[ 1 ]
      ? 'Line count   : ',  aTFInfo[ 2 ]
      ? 'Curr. Rec #  : ',  aTFInfo[ 3 ]
      ? 'File pointer : ',  aTFInfo[ 4 ]
      ? 'File size    : ',  aTFInfo[ 5 ], 'bytes'
      ? 'End of file  : ',  aTFInfo[ 6 ]

Seealso

HB_FAtEOF(), HB_FEof(), HB_FGoBottom(), HB_FGoto(), HB_FGoTop(), HB_FLastRec(), HB_FReadAndSkip(), HB_FreadLN(), HB_FRecno(), HB_FSelect(), HB_FSkip(), HB_FUse()