File Input/Output Constants

This page is specific to the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Language Reference for Office 2010.

These constants are only available when your project has an explicit reference to the appropriate type library containing these constant definitions.

Constant

Value

Description

ForReading

1

Open a file for reading only. You can't write to this file.

ForWriting

2

Open a file for writing. If a file with the same name exists, its previous contents are overwritten.

ForAppending

8

Open a file and write to the end of the file.