File
Stream.openFile opens the specified file as file-name parameter and associates it with a stream that is used in next file operation by the Stream object which has its pointer returned.
Mode parameter defines which operation is allowed on the stream.
| r |
Read only |
| w |
Write only |
| a |
Append to a file |
| r+ |
Read and write in a file |
| w+ |
Create new and write in a file |
| a+ |
Read and append to a file |
Example of how to open and read only from sample-data.mso file in Moscrif:
var mso = "app://sample-data.mso"; //chcek if file exists
if (!System.isFile(mso)) {
var msg = String.printf("Cannot find %s!", mso);
System.messageBox(msg);
throw msg;
} //open file stream
var f = Stream.openFile(mso, "r8");
if (!f) throw String.printf("Cannot load %s!", mso); //parse retrived content
this.data = parseData(f); //close stream
f.close();