' FileToString
' http://www.utteraccess.com/wiki/index.php/FileToString
' Code courtesy of UtterAccess Wiki
' Licensed under Creative Commons License
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'
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'
' rev  date                          brief descripton
' 1.0  2012-01-17                    
'
Public Function FileToString(SourceFile As String) As String
 'prelim, no validations yet
 Dim i As Integer
 Dim s As String
 
 i = FreeFile
 Open SourceFile For Input As #i
   s = Input(LOF(i), i)
 Close #i
 
 FileToString = s
End Function