System.IOUtils.TFile.ReadAllText

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Delphi

class function ReadAllText(const Path: string): string; overload; inline; static;
class function ReadAllText(const Path: string;  const Encoding: TEncoding): string; overload; inline; static;

C++

static System::UnicodeString __fastcall ReadAllText(const System::UnicodeString Path)/* overload */;
static System::UnicodeString __fastcall ReadAllText(const System::UnicodeString Path, System::Sysutils::TEncoding* const Encoding)/* overload */;

Properties

Type	Visibility	Source	Unit	Parent
function	public	System.IOUtils.pas System.IOUtils.hpp	System.IOUtils	TFile

Description

Returns the contents of a textual file as a string.

Use ReadAllText to read the contents of a textual file. ReadAllText returns a string containing the text read from the file. The following table lists the parameters expected by this method.

Name	Meaning
Path	The path to the file.
Encoding	The encoding of the text contained within the file.

Note: ReadAllText raises an exception if the file cannot be opened or the path is invalid.

See Also

• ReadAllBytes

• ReadAllLines

Code Examples

• ReadWriteFile (Delphi)
• ReadWriteFile (C++)