FileTextRead - method of object Pm

Reading the content of the text file into the String type or the Array of strings.

FileTextRead(sFile As String, nType As Long) As Variant

val = Pm.FileTextRead(sFile, nType)

sFile	(String) file name (with the path). If a full path is not entered, it is completed relatively according to the application file folder. It is recommended to use the PROMOTIC path syntax - see PROMOTIC path to files and folders.
nType	(Long) Value of the parameter 0 - Returns String of the content of the entire file 1 - Returns the 1-dim. array of the String type where each item of the array contains just one line from the file. 2 - Returns String of the first line of the file. 3 - Returns String of the last line of the file. Caution: If the text file contains the "end of line sign", then this option returns an empty String corresponding to the last empty row.

sFile

(String) file name (with the path). If a full path is not entered, it is completed relatively according to the application file folder.

It is recommended to use the PROMOTIC path syntax - see PROMOTIC path to files and folders.

nType

(Long) Value of the parameter

0 - Returns String of the content of the entire file

1 - Returns the 1-dim. array of the String type where each item of the array contains just one line from the file.

2 - Returns String of the first line of the file.

3 - Returns String of the last line of the file.

Caution: If the text file contains the "end of line sign", then this option returns an empty String corresponding to the last empty row.