Read Text File into String Variable

Reads an entire text file into a string variable.

Download Chilkat FileAccess ActiveX (freeware)

LOCAL loFac
LOCAL lcFileText

loFac = CreateObject('Chilkat.FileAccess')

*  Reads the entire contents of a text file into a string variable.
*  The 2nd arg specifies the character encoding used for
*  the contents of the text file.
lcFileText = loFac.ReadEntireTextFile("hamlet.xml","utf-8")

? lcFileText