LocalFile.read Member - API - ChatZilla

LocalFile.read Member

Will return an empty string if there is data, but it couldn't be read.

Syntax

object.read(max);

Arguments

Argument	Summary
max

Returns

Remarks

See Also

Source Code

function fo_read(max)
{
    if (!("inputStream" in this))
        throw "file not open for reading.";
    if (typeof max == "undefined")
        max = this.inputStream.available();
    try
    {
        var rv = this.inputStream.read(max);
        return (rv != "") ? rv : null;
    }
    catch (ex)
    {
        return "";
    }
}