OPEN action Opens a text file. syntax OPEN (file number, "file name", mode) parameters File number A numeric expression indicating the file number of the file to open. Possible values range from 1 to 10. File name A string expression indicating the path and name of the ASCII file to open. Mode Optional parameter that indicates what should happen if the file does not exist. This parameter can have the following values: 0 If the file does not exist, OPEN fails with return code 2 (default). 1 If the file does not exist, OPEN will create a new file. 2 Opens the file for read access (default). 4 Opens the file for write access. note These values are cumulative. So if you want to open a file for write access, and create it if it does not yet exist, you should specify 5. Notice however that a file can not be opened for read and write access at the same time. Remarks OPEN opens the ASCII file specified by file name, for the internal buffer indicated by file number. KiXtart supports a maximum of ten open files, so file number must be within the range of 1 to 10. The file-I/O functions in KiXtart (OPEN, READLINE, and CLOSE) process small configuration files. They are not intended for larger operations, such as scanning long files. For the sake of simplicity and speed, OPEN reads an entire ASCII file into memory, and subsequent READLINE commands read lines stored in memory. Although this design is memory-intensive, it is also very fast and simple. returns -3 File number already in use -2 Invalid file number specified -1 Invalid file name specified 0 File opened successfully >0 System error example IF Open(3, @LDRIVE + "\CONFIG\SETTINGS.INI")  = 0 $x = ReadLine(3) WHILE @ERROR = 0    ? "Line read: [" + $x + "]"    $x = ReadLine(3) LOOP ENDIF