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  • Viewing the content of a file in UNICODE format
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Loads the content of a text file into any text control or text variable (string variable, edit control in a window, Static control in a report, etc.). fSaveBuffer is used to extract this file from the buffer.
Example
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// Load the content of "C:\Temp\MyFile.txt" into
// the "EDT_Edit1" edit control
EDT_Edit1 = fLoadText("C:\Temp\MyFile.txt")
Syntax
<Result> = fLoadText(<Name and path of text file> [, <Load mode>])
<Result>: Character string
  • Content of text file,
  • Empty string ("") if an error occurred. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo.
<Name and path of text file>: Character string
Name and full (or relative) path of the text file. A UNC path can be used. This file is not necessarily a file in TXT format: indeed, the binary zeros are allowed.
WindowsLinux This parameter can be in Ansi or Unicode format.
iPhone/iPadIOS WidgetMac Catalyst The file path can correspond to a full path or to a path relative to the current directory (returned by fCurrentDir). This parameter is case-sensitive.
<Load mode>: Integer constant
Load mode of the file:
foAnsiAnsi file. In this case, <Result> will correspond to an Ansi character string.
foUnicodeUnicode file. In this case, <Result> will correspond to an Unicode character string.

PHP This parameter is not supported. The returned format corresponds to the format supported by the current platform.
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Viewing the content of a file in UNICODE format

To view the content of a file in UNICODE format, you must perform the following process:
// Load the content of "C:\MyFiles\MyFile.XML" into MyString
MyBuffer is Buffer
MyBuffer = fLoadText("C:\MyFiles\MyFile.XML")
MyString is UNICODE string
MyString = MyBuffer
Info(MyString)
Business / UI classification: Business Logic
Component: wd300std.dll
See also
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  • Version 9
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Exemplo fLoadText
Exemplo fLoadText

//Procurar Arquivo
sFile is string
// Opens the file picker
sFile = fSelect("", "", "Select a file...", "All the files (*.*)" + TAB + "*.*", "*.*")
EDT_nome_arquivo=sFile
//
//Ler Arquivo Texto
EDT_texto=fLoadText(EDT_nome_arquivo)
//Gravar Texto
//
fSaveText(EDT_nome_arquivo,EDT_texto)
//Blog com video e Exemplo
http://windevdesenvolvimento.blogspot.com.br/2016/09/curso-windev-arquivos-018-arquivos_11.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlFvXKc9dg4
De matos AMARILDO
11 Sep. 2016

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