Do I need to close the file before issuing PrintTextFile command?

[donna]

I need to write to a file as I receive test results and then print the results from the file as I receive them.  I am planning on using PrintTextFile and I was wondering whether anyone knows whether I can leave the file open and issue the PrintTextFile command?  Would I be better off using PrintTextBuffer?  

Thanks,

Donna

[Wendy L]

Hello donna,

If you are trying to print a file with the PrintTextFile function, you do need to close the file handle beforehand or you will get a file access error.  If you instead already have the content of the text file in a buffer, potentially the buffer you pass to fwrite, you can instead pass this buffer to the PrintTextBuffer function before/instead of writing it to a file. 

Hope that helps.