Basic Characteristics RAPID

ReadStr Reads a string from a file or serial channel
Example
ReadStr (Read String) is used to read text from a character-based file or from the serial
channel.
VAR iodev infile;
.
Open "flp1:file.doc", infile\Read;
text := ReadStr(infile);
Text is assigned a text string read from the file file.doc on the diskette.
Return value Data type: string
Arguments
The text string read from the specified file. If the file is empty (end of file), the string
"EOF" is returned.
ReadStr (IODevice [\Time])
IODevice Data type: iodev
The name (reference) of the file to be read.
[\Time] Data type: num
Program execution
The max. time for the reading operation (timeout) in seconds. If this argument is
not specified, the max. time is set to 60 seconds.
If this time runs out before the read operation is finished, the error handler will
be called with the error code ERR_DEV_MAXTIME. If there is no error handler,
the execution will be stopped.
The function reads a line from a file, i.e. reads everything up to and including the next
line-feed character (LF), but not more than 80 characters. If the line exceeds 80 characters,
the remainder of the characters will be read on the next reading.
RAPID Reference Manual 9-ReadStr-1