Reset doesn't open ReadOnly file

[fxeconomist]

I am having all these code issues because I'm writing an installer for a Freelancer mod that was lost a zillion years ago.

And I noticed. I updated my code but it feels kinda funny.

Whenever I try to open a readonly file with Reset, it gets Access Denied error.

Sure, I am adding now lines to get rid of the attribute, but why do I have to do that ?

[ASerge]

Whenever I try to open a readonly file with Reset, it gets Access Denied error.

Try System.FileMode := 0; before Reset.

[fxeconomist]

Whenever I try to open a readonly file with Reset, it gets Access Denied error.

Try System.FileMode := 0; before Reset.

Now why did they have to do that, it was known since the times of yore that Reset opens only for reading...

[ASerge]

Now why did they have to do that, it was known since the times of yore that Reset opens only for reading...

Read the help for this variable. The read/write is not the same as the read-only.

[tetrastes]

Now why did they have to do that, it was known since the times of yore that Reset opens only for reading...

https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/current/rtl/system/reset.html

Reset opens a file F for reading. F can be any file type. If F is a text file, or refers to standard I/O (e.g : '') then it is opened read-only, otherwise it is opened using the mode specified in filemode.

[eny]

I am having all these code issues because I'm writing an installer for a Freelancer mod that was lost a zillion years ago.

In that case it might be useful to also have a look at the class TFileStream and the CopyFile(...) function.