EOF with INPUT/BINARY

[TheGuardHQ]

Hello everybody!

I have a question about EOF.

If I create a blank file and then read this with "INPUT", this works without error message:

OPEN "c:\temp\test.txt" FOR OUTPUT AS #1: CLOSE
OPEN "c:\temp\test.txt" FOR INPUT AS #1
DO WHILE NOT EOF(1)
    LINE INPUT #1, zeile$
LOOP
CLOSE #1

If I do the same thing with
  OPEN "c:\temp\test.txt" FOR BINARY AS #1
I get the error message "Input past end of file".

Can someone tell me how to write the DO-LOOP so I do not run into the EOF error?

Christian

[SMcNeill]

DO WHILE LOF(1) AND NOT EOF(1)

I'd imagine the above should work (I haven't tested it), but by adding the LOF() check, you should skip the loop completely if it's a 0-byte file.

[Pete]

Yep, Steve nailed it. Just change...

DO WHILE NOT EOF(1)

to

DO WHILE LOF(1) AND NOT EOF(1)

Pete

[TheGuardHQ]

Thank you - that was the solution.

Christian