BYTE.readFile

Reads a file into a BYTE locator.

Syntax

readFile( filename STRING )
  1. filename is the path the file to be loaded.

Usage

This method reads a content from the specified file into the BYTE locator.

The bytes are loaded as is, without any conversion.

If the file is not found or if it cannot be read, the error -8087 is raised.

Example

MAIN
  DEFINE b BYTE
  LOCATE b IN MEMORY
  CALL b.readFile("mydata")
END MAIN