ADO ReadText Method
Complete Stream Object Reference
The ReadText method is used to read the entire stream, a line, or a specified number of
characters from
a text Stream object and returns the resulting data as a string.
Note: This method is only used with text Stream objects, for binary
Stream objects, use the Read method.
Syntax
| str=objStream.ReadText numchars |
| Parameter |
Description |
| numchars |
Optional. The number of characters to read from the file,
or a StreamReadEnum value. Default is adReadAll
If you have specified more than the number of characters left in the
Stream, only the character remaining are returned
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StreamReadEnum Values
| Constant |
Value |
Description |
| adReadAll |
-1 |
Default. Reads all characters from the stream, from the
current position to EOS
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| adReadLine |
-2 |
Reads the next line from the stream |
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