ReadFileText (String filePath, String codePage)
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Name
ReadFileText
Syntax
ReadFileText (String filePath, String codePage)
Purpose
To read and return all contents of the file.
Description
Reads the entire text of the file and returns the text, considering the provided codePage string. Use this function only for very small files.
Return Type
String
Parameter
filePath [System.String] – Full path of the file
codepage [System.String] – Code page of the encoding to use
Example
In this example, we are passing the required parameter to the function transformation object using a Variables object.
Where,
filePath = C:\Users\Kanwal.Azim\OneDrive - Astera Software\Desktop\Documentation Projects\Functions Documentation\Files\ReadFileText-codePage\Test.txt
codepage = 65001 (UTF-8 Unicode)
Right-click on the function transformation object and select Preview Output. You can see that Astera Data Stack has returned the entire text of the specified file.