Reads Count bytes from the file stream created with ibec_fs_OpenFile.

Syntax

     function ibec_fs_ReadString(FileHandle : variant; Count : integer) : string;

Description

Use ibec_fs_ReadString to read Count bytes from the file stream created with ibec_fs_OpenFile into a variable in cases where the number of bytes is known and fixed.

This function now supports files larger than 2 GB.

Example

     execute ibeblock
     as
     begin
       fs = ibec_fs_OpenFile('C:\MyData.dat', __fmOpenRead);
       if (fs is not null) then
       begin
         ibec_fs_Seek(fs, -100, __soFromEnd);
         MyStr = ibec_fs_ReadString(fs, 100);
         ibec_fs_CloseFile(fs);
       end
     end

See also:
ibec_fs_WriteString

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