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The <var>$Itsopen</var> function lets you determine whether a file is open. <var>$Itsopen</var> only checks files, not groups of files. The return codes are:</p>
The <var>$ItsOpen</var> function lets you determine whether a file is open. <var>$ItsOpen</var> only checks files, not groups of files. The return codes are:</p>
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==Syntax==
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The format for the <var>$Itsopen</var> function is:</p>
The format for the <var>$ItsOpen</var> function is:</p>
<p class="syntax">$Itsopen({[FILE] <span class="term">name</span> [AT <span class="term">location</span>] | [PERM | TEMP] [GROUP] <span class="term">name</span>})
<p class="syntax">$ItsOpen({[FILE] <span class="term">name</span> [AT <span class="term">location</span>] | [PERM | TEMP] [GROUP] <span class="term">name</span>})
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Latest revision as of 16:36, 17 July 2017

The $ItsOpen function lets you determine whether a file is open. $ItsOpen only checks files, not groups of files. The return codes are:

0 The file is not open.
1 The file is open.

Syntax

The format for the $ItsOpen function is:

$ItsOpen({[FILE] name [AT location] | [PERM | TEMP] [GROUP] name})

where name (optional) is a %variable or a literal name of the file or group. You must enter the filename in uppercase. A file synonym name can also be used.

If you do not enter a location (specifying a null argument), Model 204 uses the reference context (at compile time) of the statement that calls the function.

Example

Begin %file Is String Len 8 %file = $read('ENTER THE FILENAME') If $itsopen(%file) Then Print %file ' IS OPEN' Else Print %file ' IS NOT OPEN' End

See also

  • $Context, which returns a number to indicate whether the context is a file or group.