Lof()

Syntax

Length = Lof()

Lof stands for 'Length Of File'. It will return the length of the current file.

  file$ = OpenFileRequester("Select a file","","Text (.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*",0)
  If file$
    If ReadFile(0,file$) 
      length = Lof()                          ; get the length of opened file
      *MemoryID = AllocateMemory(length)      ; allocate the needed memory
      If *MemoryID
        bytes = ReadData(*MemoryID, length)   ; read all data into the memory block
        Debug "Number of bytes read: " + Str(bytes)
      EndIf
      CloseFile(0)
    EndIf
  EndIf

Supported OS

All