ASCII_Read + ASCII_Save

Reads and saves text file giving its full name
Used a lot in my tools, very handy tool
ReadMethod ...
'    =1, reads/saves using ADODB stream, used for UTF-8 Unicode files.
'    =2, reads/saves using FileSystemObject, does not work with UTF-8
'    =3, reads using 'Open+Input all bulk', Saves using 'Output'
'    =4, reads using 'Open+Input line by line', saves using 'Append'

Edit: 2020-10-13: Adding ability to avoid error if file is 0 bytes length when reading

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Function ASCII_Read(File2, Optional ReadMethod = 1)
    ' ReadMethod
    '    =1, read using ADODB stream, used for UTF-8 Unicode files.
    '    =2, reads using FileSystemObject, does not work with UTF-8
    '    =3, reads using 'Open+Input all bulk'
    '    =4, reads using 'Open+Input line by line'
    '
    Rett                         = ""
    If ReadMethod = 1 Then ' ADODB
        Dim objStream
        Set objStream         = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
        objStream.Charset = "utf-8"
        objStream.Open
        objStream.LoadFromFile (File2)
        Rett                     = objStream.ReadText()
        objStream.Close
        Set objStream         = Nothing
    ElseIf ReadMethod = 2 Then ' FSO
        Dim Fso As Object, oFi As Object
        Const ForReading     = 1 ' 1 for reading, 8 for Appending
        Const TristateTrue= 1 ' 0 for ASCII, 1 for Unicode, 2 for System default
        Set Fso                 = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") ' For VBA
        Set oFi                 = Fso.OpenTextFile(File2, ForReading, TristateTrue)
        if Not oFi.AtEndOfStream Then Rett = oFi.ReadAll
        Set oFi                 = Nothing
        Set Fso                 = Nothing
    ElseIf ReadMethod = 3 Then ' Input all once
        iFile                 = FreeFile()
        Open File2 For Input As #iFile
        Rett                     = Input(LOF(iFile), #iFile)
        Close #iFile
    ElseIf ReadMethod = 4 Then ' Input line-by-line
        iFile                 = FreeFile()
        Open File2 For Input As #iFile
        Do Until EOF(1)
            Line Input #iFile, F001
            If Rett > "" Then Rett = Rett & vbCrLf
            Rett                 = Rett & F001
        Loop
        Close #iFile
    End If
    ASCII_Read = Rett
End Function

Function ASCII_Save(File2, FileContent, Optional SaveMethod = 1)
    ' FileContent having the content of the file
    ' SaveMethod
    '    =1, save using ADODB stream, does not need Dir(), for UTF-8
    '    =2, save using Filesystemobject, does not need Dir()
    '    =3, save using Open+OutPut, replace file if found
    '    =4, save using Open+Append, appends file if found
    If SaveMethod = 1 Then ' ADODB
        Dim fsT As Object
        Set fsT                 = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
        fsT.Type             = 2 ' Specify stream type - we want To save text/string data.
        fsT.Charset         = "utf-8" ' Specify charset For the source text data.
        fsT.Open ' Open the stream And write binary data To the object
        fsT.WriteText FileContent
        fsT.SaveToFile File2, 2 'Save binary data To disk
        Set fsT                 = Nothing
    ElseIf SaveMethod = 2 Then ' FSO
        Set FSO        = CreateObject("scripting.FileSystemObject") ' for VBA
        Set myFile = Fso.CreateTextFile(File2, true)
        myFile.WriteLine(FileContent)
        myFile.Close
    ElseIf SaveMethod = 3 Then ' Save over
        Close
        Open File2 For Output As #1
        Print #1, FileContent
        Close
    ElseIf SaveMethod = 4 Then ' Append
        Close
        Open File2 For Append As #1
        Print #1, FileContent
        Close
    End If
End Function

File2, Optional ReadMethod
OR
File2, FileContent, Optional SaveMethod

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ANmarAmdeen
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v3.0

Tuesday
October
13
2020