XenoGuard 4.0 Documentation
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ActionStep Reference » Windows » File » Read
The ActionStep File Read scans the content of a text file and displays the text in a line placeholder.
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- Open the Windows node in the Workspace Explorer.
- Open the File node, select the Read ActionStep.
Parameters:
The ActionStep has the following input parameters:
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Description
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Path Name
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The path of the file where the content is to be retrieved.
Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global] Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum] |
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Encoding
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Specifies the character encoding to be used when reading the file.
Available character encoding schemes: ASCII, ANSI, UTF-8, UTF-8-BOM, Unicode Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global]Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum] |
Results:
The ActionStep returns the following results:
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name
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description
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Line Count
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The total number of lines in a file.
Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global] Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter] |
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Lines
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Contains the list of lines in a file and sets the content in line placeholders {0}.
Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global] Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter] |
Example 1 (Read content of a file and store in a variable):
This example retrieves the content of the file per line and iterates through the list of lines. The content in each line placeholder is then stored in a local variable, Content, with the data type Text. The Value of the variable is then output in Write Text.
