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open()

Syntax

    file("whichFile").open( {[#read: TrueOrFalse, #write: TrueOrFalse, #create: TrueOrFalse]} )

Description

Multiuser Server server-side command; opens the specified file. The optional parameters are formatted as a property list. Set `#read` to `TRUE` (the default) to enable reading from the file. Set `#write` to `TRUE` to enable writing to the file. The default value for `#write` is `FALSE`. Set `#create` to `TRUE` to create the file if it does not yet exist. The default value for `#create` is `FALSE`.

Example

This server-side statement opens the file LongSpeech.txt with reading and writing enabled:

    file("C:\Text_files\LongSpeech.txt").open([#read: 1, #write: 1, \ #create: 0])