%FIO_ReadWholeFile function

Function

The function reads a specified file and inserts its contents into a variable of Text type.

Declaration

 TEXT %FIO_ReadWholeFile(
  TEXT in fileName
 [,TEXT in encoding = "@APP_DEFAULT@"]
  )

Parameters

fileName	File name (full path).
encoding	Optional parameter of Text typ - type of file encoding. If it is not defined, its default value is "@APP_DEFAULT@". For reading of binary file, you must use "Binary" encoding. The list of supported encodings in ESL.

Return value

The function returns the contents of the specified file.

If the size of the file is more than 1 MB or the files do not exist, the function returns invalid value.

Note

The function uses binary mode to read the file.

Example

 BEGIN
   TEXT _data
   _data := %FIO_ReadWholeFile("c:\datafile")
 END

Strom stránky

FIO_ReadWholeFile

%FIO_ReadWholeFile function