You should close an external file or directory when your application is finished with it. To close a file, use the FCLOSE function. To close a directory, use the DCLOSE function. Ordinarily, when you open a file or directory in the initialization section for the window, you close it in the window's termination section. When you open a file or directory in MAIN, you also close it in MAIN.
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