ReadAll Method 

Reads an entire TextStream file and returns the resulting string.

object.ReadAll( );

Remarks

The object is always the name of a TextStream object.

Remarks

For large files, using the ReadAll method wastes memory resources. Other techniques should be used to input a file, such as reading a file line by line.

The following example illustrates the use of the ReadAll method:

function GetEverything()

{

   var fso, f;

   var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2;

   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

   f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForWriting, true);

   f.Write("Header");

   f.Write("1234567890987654321");

   f.Close();

   f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForReading);

   return(f.ReadAll());

}

Function ReadAllTextFile

   Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2

   Dim fso, f

   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForWriting, True)

   f.Write "Hello world!"

   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForReading)

   ReadAllTextFile =   f.ReadAll

End Function

Applies To:

TextStream Object

See Also

Reference

Read Method
ReadLine Method
Skip Method
SkipLine Method