FILE.READ_LINE Function

Syntax

Text_Line as C = file_pointer.Read_line()

Returns

Text_LineCharacter: Returns a line of text. A line is marked by a CR-LF.

Description

Read a line from the file.

Discussion

The .READ_LINE() method retrieves text data from the current file offset to the end of the line (marked by a carriage return and line feed ). The file from which data is read is specified by the file object pointer. The .READ_LINE() method returns a string of input characters, not including the and codes.

Example

This script will view the contents of a text file.

filename = UI_GET_FILE("Choose File", "Text File (*.txt)", "c:\a5\data\variable.txt", "X")
if (filename = "") then
    end
end if
file_pointer = FILE.open(filename, FILE_RO_SHARED)
while .NOT. file_pointer.eof()
    text = file_pointer.read_line()
    trace.writeln(text)
end while
file_pointer.close()