Purpose
Returns the current file position.
Syntax
Seek( filenum )filenum is the number of an open file.
Return Value
LargeInt value
Description
The Seek() function returns MapBasic's current position in an open file.
The filenum parameter represents the number of an open file; this is the same number specified in the As clause of the Open File statement.
The integer value returned by the Seek() function represents a file position. If the file was opened in random-access mode, Seek() returns a record number (the next record to be read or written). If the file was opened in binary mode, Seek() returns the byte position of the next byte to be read from or written to the file.
Error Conditions
ERR_FILEMGR_NOTOPEN (366) error is generated if the specified file is not open.
See Also:
Get statement, Open File statement, Put statement, Seek statement