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| Return content of given filename. |= Description
| Return content of given filename as string. If you plan to [[compile]] said string, be aware that the file shouldn't contain comments or [[compile]] will throw an error. If there are comments, use [[preprocessFile]]/[[preprocessFileLineNumbers]] instead. |= Description
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| '''loadFile''' filename |= Syntax
| [[loadFile]] fileName |= Syntax


|p1= filename: [[String]] |= Parameter 1
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| [[String]] |= Return value
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|x1= <code>_contents = [[loadFile]] "myFunction.sqf";</code> |= Example 1
|x1= <code>_contents = [[loadFile]] "wantedString.txt";</code> |= Example 1
 
|x2= <code>_contents = [[compile]] [[loadFile]] "myFunction.sqf"; {{codecomment|// will compile string into code}}</code> |= Example 2
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| [[preprocessFileLineNumbers]], [[preprocessFile]] |= See also
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<dd class="notedate">Posted on 28 November 2006 - 01:37
<dt class="note">[[User:Pennywise|Pennywise]]<dd class="note">In Armed Assault, the 'loadfile' command must be preceded by the 'compile' command to work.
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Ex OFP 1.96:  _falarmEvent = loadfile ("syswarn\falarmEvent.sqf")
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Ex ArmA 1.0:  _falarmEvent = compile loadfile ("syswarn\falarmEvent.sqf")
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<dd class="notedate">Posted on 11 July 2007 - 01:10 (CEST)
<dt class="note">'''[[User:Tactii|Tactii]]'''<dd class="note">The note by [[User:Pennywise|Pennywise]] is not entirely accurate. [[loadFile]] only needs to be preceded with [[compile]] when loading [[Code|code]] (for example, a [[Function|function]] contained in an [[Script (File)|.sqf file]]). Using [[loadFile]] without [[compile]] will return a [[String|string]], which, in some cases, is exactly what you want.
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<dd class="notedate">Posted on 02 December 2012 - 11:17 (ZULU)
<dt class="note">'''[[neokika]]'''<dd class="note">Please note that any comment you have within the file you load will be included, to get around that use preprocessFile instead.
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<dd class="notedate">Posted on 25 January 2016 - 12:13
<dd class="notedate">Posted on 25 January 2016 - 12:13
<dt class="note">'''[[User:James|James]]'''<dd class="note">Notice that you will have to activate file patching via -filePatching  [[https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Startup_Parameters|-filePatching]]. Otherwise, execVM and loadFile will *not* load any files outside your mission folder (like the global scripts). For more info see CMA:DevelopmentSetup (since Arma 3 1.49+).
<dt class="note">[[User:James|James]]
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<dd class="note">Notice that you will have to activate file patching via [[Arma_3_Startup_Parameters#Developer Options|-filePatching]]. Otherwise, execVM and loadFile will *not* load any files outside your mission folder (like the global scripts).
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Revision as of 10:52, 3 April 2018

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Description

Description:
Return content of given filename as string. If you plan to compile said string, be aware that the file shouldn't contain comments or compile will throw an error. If there are comments, use preprocessFile/preprocessFileLineNumbers instead.
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Syntax

Syntax:
loadFile fileName
Parameters:
fileName: String
Return Value:
String

Examples

Example 1:
_contents = loadFile "wantedString.txt";
Example 2:
_contents = compile loadFile "myFunction.sqf"; // will compile string into code

Additional Information

See also:
preprocessFilepreprocessFileLineNumbers

Notes

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Notes

Posted on 25 January 2016 - 12:13
James
Notice that you will have to activate file patching via -filePatching. Otherwise, execVM and loadFile will *not* load any files outside your mission folder (like the global scripts).

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