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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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If the file you are loading is not prepared using UTF-8 encoding and contains some characters with codes > 127, they might convert incorrectly
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Example 1:: _contents = loadFile "wantedString.txt";
Example 2:: _contents = compile loadFile "myFunction.sqf"; // will compile string into code

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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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-| 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=
+| 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. <br><br>
+{{Warning | If the file you are loading is not prepared using UTF-8 encoding and contains some characters [[toArray | with codes]] > 127, they might convert incorrectly}}  |DESCRIPTION=
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