ReadAll Method

Description

Reads an entire TextStream file and returns the resulting string.

PowerBASIC Syntax

METHOD ReadAll () AS STRING

Example [PowerBASIC]

#INCLUDE "windows.inc"

#INCLUDE "scrrun.inc"

DIM fso AS IFileSystem

DIM pStm AS ITextStream

DIM OutString AS STRING

' Create an instance of the FileSystemObject

fso = NEWCOM "Scripting.FileSystemObject"

' Open the file for reading

pStm = fso.OpenTextFile(UCODE$("C:\MyFolder\Test.txt"), %IOMode_ForReading, %FALSE, %FALSE)

' Read the entire stream into a string

OutString = pStm.ReadAll

' Close the file

pstm.Close

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