XPost: comp.lang.basic.visual, comp.lang.basic.visual.misc   
   From: Stefanie@zsmail.net   
      
   Steve,   
      
   > As far as I can tell, Put will write a 2 byte length before writing a   
   > variable length string to a file opened Random (UDT or not), which   
   > allows Get to retrieve it correctly. The total record length would have   
   > to be long enough for that. I don't believe you actually have to pad out   
   > the string length unless you want to.   
      
   Yes i read that too, but i don't understand how to do this:   
      
   This are the variables declared in my module.   
      
       Type Record   
           vDateTime As String * 19   
           vFileName As String   
       End Type   
      
       Public RecVar As Record   
      
   Using vFileName As String * 255 gives my enough for een full path, but most   
   of the time it's wasting space.   
      
   I use this for opening my file:   
      
       Open strFileName For Random As #Dnr Len = Len(RecVar)   
      
   But it's gives an error. "Bad record lenght"   
      
   Maybe somebody can offer me an example how to use the aforesaid.   
      
   Stefanie   
      
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