DosChgFilePtr
#define INCL_DOSFILEMGR
USHORT rc = DosChgFilePtr(FileHandle, Distance, MoveType, NewPointer);
HFILE FileHandle; /* File handle */
LONG Distance; /* Distance to move in bytes */
USHORT MoveType; /* Method of moving (0, 1, 2) */
PULONG NewPointer; /* New Pointer Location */
USHORT rc; /* return code */
Example
This example opens file test.dat, writes some data, and resets the file
pointer to the beginning of the file.
#define INCL_DOSFILEMGR
#define OPEN_FILE 0x01
#define CREATE_FILE 0x10
#define FILE_ARCHIVE 0x20
#define FILE_EXISTS OPEN_FILE
#define FILE_NOEXISTS CREATE_FILE
#define DASD_FLAG 0
#define INHERIT 0x80
#define WRITE_THRU 0
#define FAIL_FLAG 0
#define SHARE_FLAG 0x10
#define ACCESS_FLAG 0x02
#define FILE_NAME "test.dat"
#define FILE_SIZE 800L
#define FILE_ATTRIBUTE FILE_ARCHIVE
#define RESERVED 0L
HFILE FileHandle;
USHORT Wrote;
USHORT Action;
PUSHORT Local
PSZ FileData[100];
USHORT rc;
Action = 2;
strcpy(FileData, "Data...");
if(!DosOpen(FILE_NAME, /* File path name */
&FileHandle, /* File handle */
&Action, /* Action taken */
FILE_SIZE, /* File primary allocation */
FILE_ATTRIBUTE, /* File attribute */
FILE_EXISTS | FILE_NOEXISTS, /* Open function type */
DASD_FLAG | INHERIT | /* Open mode of the file */
WRITE_THRU | FAIL_FLAG |
SHARE_FLAG | ACCESS_FLAG,
RESERVED)) /* Reserved (must be zero) */
if(!DosWrite(FileHandle, /* File handle */
(PVOID) FileData, /* User buffer */
sizeof(FileData), /* Buffer length */
&Wrote)) /* Bytes written */
rc = DosChgFilePtr(FileHandle, /* File handle */
MOVE_DIST, /* Distance to move in bytes */
FILE_BEG, /* Method of moving */
&Local); /* New pointer location */
Created using Inf-PHP v.2 (c) 2003 Yuri Prokushev
Created using Inf-HTML v.0.9b (c) 1995 Peter Childs