runtime error 005

[Paul Hirsch]

what does this mean using TP7 and doing file creation? I don't have my book
anymore.. :( thanks!

-paul

[kairo]

Well my guess is to open a binary file I believe you need to do the following

program test;

var

fle : file

begin
assign (fle,'test.bin')
reset(fle,1) {to open an existing file}
close(fle)
rewrite(fle,1) {to create a binary file)
close(fle)
end.

dont know if that helps at all.

[Andrew Kressman]

Paul Hirsch wrote in message ...

>what does this mean using TP7 and doing file creation? I don't have my
book
>anymore.. :( thanks!
>
>-paul
>

Runtime error 005 is a File Access Denied error. You would get such a
message if you tried Reset on a read-only file. To avoid this problem
either change the file from read-only with SetFAttr or set FileMode to 0 if
you only want to read from the file. All these things mentioned can be
found in the on-line help.

Hope this is of some use,

Andrew Kressman
AndrewK...@SnowdonRailway.Force9.Co.Uk
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/5974/

[Emil Mikulic]

Paul Hirsch wrote:
>
> what does this mean using TP7 and doing file creation? I don't have my book
> anymore.. :( thanks!
>
> -paul

In the editor, write "runerror". Then, walk your curson into the word
and hit
Ctrl+F1. Scroll down in the help window to where you see the text:
"Runtime error messages" (something in the lines of that), highlight
it and hit enter.

You will be presented with a bunch of numbers and explanations, etc.

Now, the answer:
Runerror 5 is "File access denied"
Which can mean a lot of things, depending on which file operation
returns it. Check the help and your source and you'll figure it out.