# CloseFile filehandle

# Parameters

filehandle = variable defined with the WriteFile or OpenFile command

# Description

Use this command to close a file previously opened. You should always close a file as soon as you have finished reading or writing to it.

# Example

; Reading and writing custom types to files using ReadFile, WriteFile and CloseFile ; Initialise some variables for the example Type HighScore Field Name$ Field Score% Field Level% End Type Best.HighScore = New HighScore BestName = "Mark" BestScore = 11657 BestLevel = 34 ; Open a file to write to fileout = WriteFile("mydata.dat") ; Write the information to the file WriteString( fileout, BestName ) WriteInt( fileout, BestScore ) WriteByte( fileout, BestLevel ) ; Close the file CloseFile( fileout ) ; Open the file to Read filein = ReadFile("mydata.dat") ; Lets read the Greatest score from the file Greatest.HighScore = New HighScore GreatestName$ = ReadString$( filein ) GreatestScore = ReadInt( filein ) GreatestLevel = ReadByte( filein ) ; Close the file once reading is finished CloseFile( filein ) Print "High score record read from - mydata.dat " Print Write "Name = " Print GreatestName Write "Score = " Print GreatestScore Write "Level = " Print GreatestLevel WaitKey()

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