On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 12:38:00 +0100, "Stefanie" 
wrote:

>Steve,
>
>> As far as I can tell, Put will write a 2 byte length before writing a
>> variable length string to a file opened Random (UDT or not), which
>> allows Get to retrieve it correctly. The total record length would have
>> to be long enough for that. I don't believe you actually have to pad out
>> the string length unless you want to.
>
>Yes i read that too, but i don't understand how to do this:
>
>This are the variables declared in my module.
>
>    Type Record
>        vDateTime As String * 19
>        vFileName As String
>    End Type
>
>    Public RecVar As Record
>
>Using vFileName As String * 255 gives my enough for een full path, but most 
>of the time it's wasting space.
>
>I use this for opening my file:
>
>    Open strFileName For Random As #Dnr Len = Len(RecVar)
>
>But it's gives an error. "Bad record lenght"
>
>Maybe somebody can offer me an example how to use the aforesaid.

Look at the example I posted earlier in this thread

If you are interested in not wasting space then look carefully at
opening the file in Binary mode rather than Random mode

Have a careful look at the Seek Statement, and more importantly the
Seek Function.
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