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ACF Library

LoadFile

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Description: Open file and retrieve its content into text return parameter

FileMaker Prototype: 

Set Variable [$res; ACFU_LoadFile( string_filename)]

Category: BOOTSTRAP

NOTE: The bootstrap library comes preloaded in the plugin. Read more

Function source:

function LoadFile (string filename)
   FunctionID 200;
   string content; 
   int x; 
   x = open (filename, "r"); 
   content = read (x); 
   close ( x ) ; 
   return content; 
end

LoadFile returns the file content of a given file.

Example

On Mac:
Set Variable [$$userprefs; ACFU_LoadFile( "~/Documents/MyAppConfigs.txt")]
On Windows:
Set Variable [$$userprefs; ACFU_LoadFile( "C:\Users\mathilde\Documents\MyAppConfigs.txt")]

The function make it easier to retrieve content of a file, than applying the Insert from URL script step.

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