OpenArticle Method

Opens the specified article in the currently selected newsgroup.

Syntax

object.OpenArticle( Article, [Options] )

Remarks

The OpenArticle method opens the specified article in the currently selected newsgroup. The article data can be read using the Read method, and once all of the data has been returned, the CloseArticle method should be used to close the article on the server. The following is a description of the arguments that may be passed to the method:

Article
Number of the article to retrieve from the server. This value must be greater than zero. The first available article in the newsgroup can be determined by checking the value of the FirstArticle property. The last available article in the newsgroup is returned by the LastArticle property.
Options
An optional integer value which specifies one or more options. This argument is reserved for future use and should be omitted.

Return Value

A value of zero is returned if the method was successful. Otherwise, a non-zero error code is returned which indicates the cause of the failure.

See Also

FirstArticle Property, LastArticle Property, CloseArticle Method, CreateArticle Method, Read Method


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