Simple Gambas Problem - Stream/Open

[az_human]

So I'm fiddling around with Gambas (1.0.13) and trying to open a stream to a file using the stock example provided on the documentation wiki:

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DIM hFile AS File
DIM sLine AS String

hFile = OPEN "/home/userhere/filehere.txt" FOR INPUT

WHILE NOT Eof(hFile)
LINE INPUT #hFile, sLine
PRINT sLine
WEND
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The above would respond to a simple event such as a button click. However, when I try and run the app, it immediately gives me:

Syntax error at line 11 in Form1.class

The line number refers to the "hFile = OPEN...." line.

As I said, I'm extremely new to Gambas, but it looks fun. Trying to get the hang of the simple stuff.

Thanks in advance for anybody who can provide any input to the syntax error.

[DoktorSeven]

Syntax is:

OPEN File name FOR [ READ ] [ WRITE ] [ CREATE | APPEND ] [ DIRECT ] [ WATCH ] [ BIG | LITTLE ] AS # Variable

So maybe you're looking for:
OPEN "/home/user/file.txt" FOR READ AS #hFile

[az_human]

Thanks! I appreciate it.

However, it's frustrating that the Gambas documentation here http://gambasdoc.org/help/lang/open?en shows a little differently. I did look in the local help file and it shows it as you do, so maybe I'll follow the local help material instead of the wiki.

Thanks again.

[fontenot_1031]

I just downloaded the newest Gambas stable, but the readme howto install text document from a user of Debian was hard to understand (missing words, etc). Will the Debian readme work? Or does anyone have the Ubuntu readme?