How can I read/write data files (text file) from PL/SQL Script

Question

I had an oracle forms pl/sql program to read/write a data file (text file). When this code is run on a command line as a PL/SQL script using the SQL*Plus I am getting an error:
-- sample.sql
DECLARE
  vLocation                 VARCHAR2(50)  := 'r:\';
  vFilename                 VARCHAR2(100) := 'sample.dat';
  vTio                   TEXT_IO.FILE_TYPE;
  vLinebuf               VARCHAR2(2000);
  vRownum               NUMBER        := 0;
  -- use array to store data FROM each line of the text file     
  TYPE           array_type IS VARRAY(15) OF VARCHAR2(100);
  vColumn      array_type := array_type('');
  PROCEDURE prc_open_file(p_filename IN VARCHAR, p_access IN VARCHAR2) is
  BEGIN
    vTio := TEXT_IO.FOPEN(vLocation||p_filename,p_access);
  EXCEPTION
    WHEN OTHERS then
      --  raise_application_error(-20000,'Unable to open '||p_filename);
      message(sqlerrm);pause;
  END;
  PROCEDURE prc_close_file is
  BEGIN
    IF TEXT_IO.IS_OPEN(vTio) then
       TEXT_IO.FCLOSE(vTio);
    END IF;
  END;
BEGIN
  --extend AND initialize the array to 4 columns
  vColumn.EXTEND(4,1);
  prc_open_file(vFilename,'r');
  LOOP
      LTEXT_IO.GET_LINE(vTio,vLinebuf);
      vColumn(1)  := SUBSTR(vLineBuf, 1, 3);
      vColumn(2)  := SUBSTR(vLineBuf, 5, 8);
      vColumn(3)  := SUBSTR(vLineBuf,10,14);     
      Insert Into MySampleTable
      Values
        (vColumn(1), vColumn(2), vColumn(3));
      EXIT WHEN vLinebuf IS NULL;
   END LOOP;
   prc_close_file;
END;
SQL> @c:\myworkspace\sql\scripts\sample.sql;
PLS-00201: identifier 'TEXT_IO.FILE_TYPE' must be declaredIt works on the oracle forms but not on the SQL*Plus. Is there an alternative method using a PL/SQL script? A simple sample would help. Thanks.

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