Seek (Statement)

Sets the position of the next read/write operation on a file

Syntax
   Seek [#]filenum, position

Parameters
   filenum
      file number of an opened a file
   position
      the new position for i/o operations

Description
   Sets the position at which the next read or write operation on a file 
   will occur.

   The position is given in records if the file was opened in Random access 
   mode, in bytes in any other case. The position is 1 based -- the first 
   record of a file is at position 1.

   The Seek function is used to get the position of the next read or write 
   operation.

Example
   ' e.g. if you want to skip to the 100th byte in the file for reading/writing:

   Dim f As Long

   f = FreeFile
   Open "file.ext" For Binary As #f

   Seek f, 100

   Close #f

Differences from QB
   * None

See also
   * Seek (Function)
   * Open

