ReadTextLong Method

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Defined By: BinaryFile

Description:

Reads a Text format long from the currently open file and sets the passed-in argument to the value of the number read.

Declaration:

Function ReadTextLong(arg As Long) As Long

Details:

A Text format number is represented in the file as human-readable ASCII digits (e.g. "123"). Therefore, the number of bytes occupied by a number of this format is determined by the number of digits in the number and not the internal representation of the number. Before the digits of the number are read, whitespace characters (SPACE, Tab, Newline, and CR) are read and ignored. If the file is not open for reading, an exception will be generated. The return value will be 1 for a successful read, and 0 for a failure.