Microsoft® JScript™ ReadAll Method | Language Reference Version 2

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##### Description

> Reads an entire TextStream file and returns the resulting string.

##### Syntax

> object.ReadAll( );

> 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());
> >     }

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