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- ->> You could also open the File as unTyped :-), and use blockRead to
- ->> read big chunks Until you've read (recSize * number of Records beFore
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- PW> Can I do this even if the File is a Typed File to begin with? How
- PW> would I do it? Thanks For the info.
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- You can close it and reopen it, just use two Variables:
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- Var
- uf: File;
- tf: File of gummi_bear;
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- begin
- assign(tf, 'TEST.FIL');
- reset(tf);
- .
- . (* do whatever you need the Typed File For *)
- .
- close(tf);
- assign(uf, 'TEST.FIL');
- reset(uf, 1); (* tell runtime lib that rec size is one Byte *)
- .
- . (* now it's unTyped, you can use blockread to *)
- . (* read an arbitrary number of Bytes *)
- close(uf);
- end;
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