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 FILEREAD(<C filespec>)
 Reads a text file from disk.
 Returns <expC> contents of a disk text file, or error message.

 Useful in transferring data between disk files and memo fields.

 Limited to files under 64K.

 * Read from file into memo field
 USE File
 APPEND BLANK
 REPLACE Memo_field WITH FILEREAD("Textfile.txt")
 * Remember to close files when no longer needed

 * Read from file into memory variable
 memvar = FILEREAD("Textfile.txt")


             Placed in the Public Domain by Tom Rettig Assoc.

See Also: FILESIZE() FILEWRITE() ISDRIVE() WPSTRIP()

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