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     The fopen function opens the file specified by <filename>. The
     character string <mode> specifies the type of access requested for
     the file.
 
     The valid types are "r" (read), "w" (write), and "a" (append).
     Any of these can be followed by a "+", which allows both read and
     write operations. The translation mode for newlines can be
     specified by adding a "t" (text) or a "b" (binary).
 
     See also the individual constants for access type and translation
     mode.
 
     See: ◄BINMODE.OBJ►
 
     Return Value
 
     The fopen function returns a pointer to the open file. A NULL
     pointer value indicates an error.
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