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 WRITE #filenumber% [,expressionlist]
 
 Usage Notes
   ■ Any reference to WRITE #filenumber% where filenumber% represents SCRN:
     or CONS: is not allowed with forms and causes Visual Basic to generate
     the error message, "Invalid when forms are showing."
 
   ■ To use the WRITE # statement with forms when printing to the screen, you
     must first unload or hide any visible forms.
     See: ◄HIDE Method►  ◄UNLOAD Statement►
 
   ■ The WRITE # statement, unlike the PRINT # statement, inserts commas
     between items and quotation marks around strings as they are written to
     the file. You do not have to put explicit delimiters in the list. A new
     line is inserted once the last item in the list has been written to the
     file.
 
   ■ If you attempt to write data to a sequential file restricted by a LOCK
     statement, Visual Basic generates the error message, "Permission denied"
     unless it is trapped by the program. All of Visual Basic's usual error-
     handling routines can trap and examine this error.
     See: ◄Error/Event Trapping Summary►