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Q31527: MASM 5.10 EXT.DOC: FileRead - Reads File Contents into Buffer

Article: Q31527
Version(s): 5.10   | 5.10
Operating System: MS-DOS | OS/2
Flags: ENDUSER |
Last Modified: 12-JAN-1989

The following information is from the MASM Version 5.10 EXT.DOC
file.
   Please note that numbering for both COL and LINE variables begins
with 0.

/*  FileRead - reads the contents of a file into the file buffer
 *
 *  The FileRead function reads the contents of the specified disk
 *  file and stores them in the internal file buffer specified by pFile.
 *  The old contents of the file buffer are lost.
 *
 *  name        Pointer to name of file to be read
 *  pFile       Handle to internal file to receive contents
 *
 *  returns     TRUE (-1) if successful; FALSE (0) if file could not
 *  be read
 */
flagType pascal FileRead (name, pFile)
char far *name;
PFILE pFile;