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FILE.TO_BLOB Function

Syntax

Data as B = FILE.TO_BLOB(Filename as C)

Arguments

FilenameCharacter

The full path specification of the file.

Returns

DataBinary

Returns the binary data from the file.

Description

Reads a file to an in-memory blob variable.

Discussion

The FILE.TO_BLOB() method reads a binary file from disk into a blob variable.

Example

String = FILE.to_blob("c:\image.bmp")

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