writing to beginning of file

using the
"open "c:\bla.txt" for append as #1 etc"
inputs the string at the end of the file

however, for my purpose it needs to be at the beggining of the file? how do i do this?

also how do i then remove this string from the beginning and restore it to it's original state?

the basic idea is to corrupt a file so it is unreadable and then uncorrupt it

cheers

your appending which means your adding to an existing file...try using input.

^ put #1 "test"

no but whatever method writes to the end of the file. i NEED to write to the beginning but have no idea how

VB Code:

Dim strFile     As String   'the exisiting file
Dim strNewInfo  As String   'the new stuff to save
    
    '   Add the contents of the file to a
    '   string variable.
    Open "C:\TestFile.txt" For Input As #1
       strFile = Input(LOF(1), 1)
    Close #1
      
    '   Open the file and write the new information
    '   to the file followed by the old information.
    Open "C:\TestFile.txt" For Output As #1
        Print #1, strNewInfo & vbCrLf & strFile
    Close #1