DWfile.read()

Availability

Dreamweaver 2.

Description

This function reads the contents of the specified file into a string.

Arguments

fileURL

• The fileURL argument, which is expressed as a file:// URL, is the file you want to read.

Returns

A string that contains the contents of the file or a null value if the read fails.

Example

The following code reads the mydata.txt file and, if it is successful, displays an alert message with the contents of the file:

var fileURL = "file:///c|/temp/mydata.txt";
var str = DWfile.read(fileURL);
if (str){
   alert(fileURL + " contains: " + str);
}

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