Method: Read for TextStream

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Reads one or more characters from a TextStream file.

sRead = Object.Read(Characters)

Object	TextStream Object with this method
Characters	LongInteger Specifies the number of characters to read.
sRead	String Receives the read text.

The following example opens a text file into which it writes a text line. Then the example opens the file for reading and reads the first four characters:

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Function ReadCharacters(sFile)
  Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2
  Dim fso, oMyFile
  Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
  Set oMyFile= fso.OpenTextFile(sFile, ForWriting, True)
  oMyFile.Write "This is a text"
  Set oMyFile = fso.OpenTextFile(sFile, ForReading)
  ReadCharacters = oMyFile.Read(4)
End Function

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