Write to files in Delphi I'm doing a program in Delphi, writing in all kinds of files, either text or executable:

var
  openfile: TextFile;
begin
      AssignFile(openfile, 'test.exe');
      Append(openfile);
      WriteLn(openfile,'[test]hi world[test]');
      CloseFile(openfile);
end;


How can I improve this?
Yes. I would add try..finally so that the file will be properly closed even in the case of exception (hopefully my remembrance of the syntax isn't too rusty):

var
  openfile: TextFile;
begin
      AssignFile(openfile, 'test.exe');
      Append(openfile);
      try
          WriteLn(openfile,'[test]hi world[test]');
      finally
          CloseFile(openfile);
      end;
end;


also, you say you want to write binary files as well as text files.. so don't use TextFile. The "modern" way would be to use TFileStream:

with TFileStream.Create('test.exe', fmOpenWrite) do
try
  Seek(0,soFromEnd);
  Write(...);
finally
  Free;
end;