How do you read in a binary data file and save it into an array of records?

I have the basic code for opening a file for input

open "test.dat" for binary As #1

get #1, , EmpDB

get #1, , Current

get #1, , Counter

close #1


and


open "test.dat" for binary As #1

put #1, , EmpDB

put #1, , Current

put #1, , Counter

close #1


but every time I access it, the data that I saved is not there!

any help would be apprciated it!