OPEN Statement

Load a datafile into an array.

OPEN {BIN|INT|MOT|TEXT}, <FILENAME>, <ARRAYNAME> 

 

Arguments

{BIN|INT|MOT|TEXT} 

File type of the file specified in <FILENAME>. Options are

                          Type

Description

Array Type

                          BIN

Binary File

Integer

                          INT

INTEL HEX File

Integer

                          MOT

Motorola HEX File

Integer

                          TEXT

Text File

String

filename         The name of the file to be loaded including path if required.

arrayname      The name of the array where the loaded data will be stored.

 

Remarks

The array must have been declared before executing this statement. Binary, INTEL and MOTOROLA format files must be loaded into an integer array and TEXT files must be loaded into a string array. The array length will expand to include all the elements in the file. If the array is already larger than the file data size then the array size will not change and the rest of the array will be undefined.

 

Example

Dim Data[] as integer

OPEN MOT,"C:\Data\eprom.hex",Data