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BinaryFile.Close

Closes a file.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example value
BinaryFileRef	The reference number for the open file.	$FH

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Examples

Create a file and write Hello:

Set Variable [ $fh ; Value: MBS( "BinaryFile.Create"; "/Users/cs/Desktop/test.txt" ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "BinaryFile.WriteText"; $fh; "Hello World") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "BinaryFile.Close"; $fh) ]

See also

• BinaryFile.Create
• BinaryFile.Position
• BinaryFile.ReadContainer
• BinaryFile.ReadFloat
• BinaryFile.ReadHex
• BinaryFile.Seek
• BinaryFile.WriteByte
• BinaryFile.WriteContainer
• BinaryFile.WriteHex
• BinaryFile.WriteInt

Blog Entries

• FileMaker 18 File Script Steps vs. BinaryFile functions
• Tip of the day: Split large files into smaller chunks

Created 12nd June 2017, last changed 12nd June 2017

BinaryFile.Append   -   BinaryFile.Create

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