GetFileText(FieldName As String) As String

Load a textfile from the templates folder and return its contents.

This function retrieves the contents of a textfile which is stored as a template.

To add or remove template files, select New Template Manager from menu Script

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
FileName	String	Name of the file to be retrieved from templates, like: MailTextD.txt

Returns:

Type	Value	Description
String	contents of textfile	The contents of a textfile.

Available in:

WindowMain	WindowLink
YES	YES

Used in:

Hint: You can find references to XojoScripts which make use of this function by sending the following SQL statement to the database:

Select id,GUID, ScriptName,ScriptCode from im_scripts where ScriptCode Like '%GetFileText%'

Example XojoScript:

// Define filename for textfile in templates folder

Dim bodyTextFile As String = "MailTextD.txt"

// Retrieve its contents

Dim contents As String = GetFileText(bodyTextFile)

MsgBox(contents)