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Function
OOh
-
Create Database
File
Parameter
Block:
00;
FILE.NAME
Pointer
to
file
name
Return
Value:
AX:
STATUS
File
handle
or
error
code
The
FILENAME
parameter
contains the
offset
from the
segment
in
DS
of
a
string
specifying
the
name
of
the
database
file
to
be
created.
The
database
file
name
string
is
an ASCIIZ
string
of
up
to
13
characters
(counting terminating
0),
There
may
not
be
a
disk drive
specifier
in
the
name,
as database
files
must be
in
memory
to
be accessed.
A
database
file
of
the
specified
name
will
be
created
and
initialized.
If
a database
file
with
this
name
already
exists,
it
will
be
deleted
and
recreated
as an
empty
file.
On
return,
if
the create
was
successful,
AX
will
contain
a
file
handle which should be
used
for
future
accesses
to
the
file.
Error
Returns:
78

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