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Debug Message Function
File Operations Class

Public Function DebugMessage( _
      ByVal vFileName As Variant _
    , ByVal vMessage As Variant _
    ) As Boolean

Append a message to a "log" file, preceded by the current date and time.
Function returns True upon success and False upon failure.

Example:
    ? DebugMessage(Null, "Something.")
    True
    ? FileToString("debug.out")
    1996/06/27 09:36:21: Something.
See also:
    AddMessage Subroutine (similar function; not directly related)
vFileName: Name of the file to which the date/time and message will be appended. vFileName defaults to "debug.out" if it is Null or cannot be fixed-up to a string. The named file will created if it does not already exist.

vMessage: Optional message that will be appended to the file. vMessage defaults to "(No message.)" if it is Null or cannot be fixed-up to a string.

Note: This function writes an extra blank line to the file the before it write its first message.

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