CFile:Class Description

CFile Class

The CFile class provides file reading and writing operations. Normally, this class is used for binary-mode file operations. You also can use it for text-mode file operations but the lua language includes an excellent io package for working with text files.

Usage

Construction

Object = new_file()

Object = CFile:new()

Destruction

Object:delete()

Properties

This class contains 3 enumeration properties for use with the Seek method:

eBegin	The file offset is moved relative to the beginning of the file.
eCurrent	The file offset is moved relative to the current position.
eEnd	The file offset is moved relative to the end of the file.

Global Functions using CFile

This function may be used to directly open a file and return a new CFile object without first creating the object.

FileOpen

Opens a file in the specified mode and returns a new instance of a CFile class. This can be used in place of using the new constructor followed by the Open method.

Creation - Non-class Functions

This function is normally used to create a new CFile object as an alternative to the class-based new method.

new_file

Creates a new instance of a CFile object.

Construction and Destruction - Class Methods

new	Creates a new instance of a CFile object.
delete	Deletes the instance of the CFile object.

Operations