Close Statement

Closes a specified file that was opened with the Open statement.

Syntax:


Close FileNumber As Integer[, FileNumber2 As Integer[,...]]

Parameters:

FileNumber: Any integer expression that specifies the number of the data channel that was opened with the Open statement.

Example:


Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile
Dim iNumber As Integer
Dim sLine As String
Dim aFile As String
Dim sMsg As String
    aFile = "c:\data.txt"
    sMsg = ""
    iNumber = Freefile
    Open aFile For Output As #iNumber
    Print #iNumber, "First line of text"
    Print #iNumber, "Another line of text"
    Close #iNumber
    iNumber = Freefile
    Open aFile For Input As iNumber
    While Not eof(iNumber)
        Line Input #iNumber, sLine
        If sLine <>"" Then
            sMsg = sMsg & sLine & chr(13)
        End If
    Wend
    Close #iNumber
    MsgBox sMsg
End Sub