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**Reset( **//filename //**)**

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| **Reset** | Resets the ASCIIFileClass object. |
| //filename// | The label of the ASCIIFile property's NAME attribute variable. |

The **Reset **method resets the ASCIIFileClass object and returns a value indicating whether the end user selected a file or did not select a file. A return value of one (1) indicates a file was selected and //filename //contains its pathname; a retun value of zero (0) indicates no file was selected and //filename //is empty.

**Implementation:**

The Reset method calls the GetDOSFileName method to get the filename from the end user. Reset opens the file and resets any statistics and flags associated with the selected file.

**Return Data Type:     **BYTE

**Example:**

**AsciiViewerClass.Reset FUNCTION(*STRING Filename)**

**  CODE**

**  FREE(SELF.DisplayQueue)**

**  DISPLAY(SELF.ListBox)**

**  IF ~PARENT.Reset(Filename) THEN RETURN False.**

**  SELF.TopLine=1**

**  SELF.DisplayPage**

**  SELECT(SELF.ListBox,1)**

**  RETURN True**

**See Also:**[[asciifile  the ascii file .htm|ASCIIFile]], [[getdosfilename  let end user select file .htm|GetDOSFilename]]