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Reads text from file.
Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
BinaryFile | 7.3 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
---|---|---|---|
BinaryFileRef | The reference number for the open file. | $FH | |
ByteCount | The number of Bytes to read. | 1000 | |
Encoding | The text encoding for result. Default is native. This function can also handle UTF-16 as well as UTF-16LE and UTF-16BE for little/big endian byte order. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. |
UTF8 | Optional |
Returns OK or error.
Read some text:
Set Variable [ $fh ; Value: MBS( "BinaryFile.Open"; "/Users/cs/Desktop/test.txt" ) ]
Set Variable [ $len ; Value: MBS("BinaryFile.Length"; $fh) ]
Set Variable [ $text ; Value: MBS( "BinaryFile.ReadText"; $fh; $len; "UTF-8" ) ]
Set Field [ test::ContainerField ; $text ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "BinaryFile.Close"; $fh) ]
Created 12nd June 2017, last changed 12nd June 2017
BinaryFile.ReadPDF - BinaryFile.Seek
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