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) The file name with the path. If a full path is not entered, then 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) The file name with the path. If a full path is not entered, then 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.