Is there a way to check for EOF before calling a

[Steve1]

I would like to use the read file vi to get a line of data from a file but I need to check for the EOF (end of file) condition first, otherwise it generates an error if it has reached the end of file. The "read lines from file" VI has an EOF? output but the "read file" VI does not. There must be a way to check the EOF condition but I cant find it. Please help.

[Spaz]

Try EOF.vi under File I/O>Advanced File Functions in functions palette. (Row 1, Column 4 on my 6.02 palette)

[Photon_Dan]

Spaz made a good suggestion, but let me expand. The error you get tells you that you've reached (or exceeded) the EOF. If you simply check for that error code (4) you can handle the case gracefully. Many times, I'll just set up to read a file line by line (or chunck by chunck) until I get that error. My buddy Mike Porter always likes to teach folks that errors are your friends.

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