This function opens a file with read access.

Syntax

• static Stream* ReadFile(const std::string& path)

Parameters

• path: the path of the file to read.

Returns

If the file is able to be opened, a new stream is returned, otherwise NULL is returned.

Example

#include "Leadwerks.h"

using namespace Leadwerks;

int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
        std::string path = "MyFile.txt";
        Stream* stream = FileSystem::WriteFile(path);

        if (stream)
        {
                stream->WriteLine("Hello!");
                stream->Release();
        }

        stream = FileSystem::ReadFile(path);
        if (stream)
        {
                System::Print(stream->ReadLine());
                stream->Release();
        }

        return 0;
}