WRITEOBJ

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FILENAME(S): WRITEOBJ

FILE TYPE(S): PRG

FILE SIZE: 1.3K

FIRST SEEN: 2025-11-02 16:39:26

APPEARS ON: 3 disk(s)

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FOUND ON DISKS (3 DISKS)

DISK TITLE	FILENAME	FILE TYPE	COLLECTION	TRACK	SECTOR	ACTIONS
LOG	WRITEOBJ	PRG	Treasure Chest - Plattfuss	29	13	DOWNLOAD FILE
THE LAST ONE	WRITEOBJ	PRG	DuncanTwain	29	3	DOWNLOAD FILE
PANS UTIL 05	WRITEOBJ	PRG	The BAM Archive	29	3	DOWNLOAD FILE

FILE CONTENT & ANALYSIS

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00000070: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  D4 48 45 53 45 20 4F 50  |        .HESE OP|
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00000110: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  CF 50 54 49 4F 4E 20 31  |        .PTION 1|
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00000180: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |                |
00000190: CF 50 54 49 4F 4E 20 32  20 2D 20 53 45 54 53 20  |.PTION 2 - SETS |
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00000220: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |                |
00000230: CF 50 54 49 4F 4E 20 33  20 2D 20 53 45 54 53 20  |.PTION 3 - SETS |
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00000250: 20 42 59 20 4F 4E 45 20  52 45 43 4F 52 44 2E 20  | BY ONE RECORD. |
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00000530: 85 FF 0D                                          |...             |

           SET FILE POINTERS            
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THESE OPTIONS ALLOW YOU TO MANIPULATE   
THE FILE POINTERS SO THAT YOU CAN DEAL  
WITH A SPECIFIC RECORD IN A FILE.       
                                        
OPTION 1 - SETS THE POINTER TO THE NEXT 
RECORD TO BE WRITTEN.                   
                                        
OPTION 2 - SETS THE POINTER TO THE FIRST
RECORD THAT WAS (OR IF A NEW FILE , IS  
ABOUT TO BE) WRITTEN.                   
                                        
OPTION 3 - SETS THE POINTER BACK BY ONE 
RECORD. REMEMBER THAT AFTER A READ OR A 
WRITE THE POINTER IS SET TO THE NEXT    
RECORD, THEREFORE TO WRITE DATA BACK TO 
THE RECORD IT CAME FROM YOU MUST USE    
THIS OPTION.                            
                                        
                                        
OPTION 4 - THIS OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO USE
THE VALUE OF A NUMERIC FIELD AS A FILE  
POINTER. THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO CREATE 
AN INDEX STRUCTURE TO YOUR FILES.       
                                        
OPTION 5 - THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE  
PREVIOUS OPTION AND WOULD BE USED FIRST.
IT ALLOWS YOU TO HOLD THE VALUE OF THE  
FILE POINTER IN A NUMERIC FIELD WITHIN  
A FILE. THIS INDEX COULD THEN BE SORTED 
AND STILL REFERENCE THE ORIGINAL FILE   
POINTER....

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