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Re: file of data_type?

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From: Charles F Lane
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 15:19
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In article <1992Apr11.053527.21688@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@csws17.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>	In my first run of my database, I used a file
>of type TEXT. But I want to use a file type of my custom
>design so that I can store everything in binary format.
>I tried:
>
>var	infile: file of database_record;
>
>	but that did not work. I also tried file of binary.
                                                     |
                           INFILE : FILE; <-----------
                        This should give you a binary file.
                        With this file type you can use all those
                        Seek[whatever] routines, as well.

>Any help?
>      //   David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3662  AMIGA  DDD-MEN   
>     //  Not the llama! Come here Earl; I want to tell you something...
>   \X/  Liverpool, New York	flames to suggestions@cbmvax.commodore.com

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