# File Load Content

Loads the content of a file.

Action available for the following operating systems:

![](/files/-MAlQBZuuTnc6hyzKSVQ)

### Parameters

* **File Name** *\<string> -* The name of the loaded file. The user should indicate the full path of the file.
* **Target** *\<unquoted string> -* The control or variable to save the content of the loaded file.
* **Encoding***\<unquoted string>* indicates the file encoding to use.
  1. Unicode UTF-16 LE (each character uses 2 bytes)
  2. ANSI/BINARY (each character uses 1 byte)
  3. Unicode UTF-8 (each character uses 1 byte to 4 bytes)
* **Coded** *\<unquoted string> -* Defines if the loaded data is being coded or not. If user chooses YES to this parameter, values between '<' and '>' are considered to be the ASCII value and will be converted to the respective char, otherwise nothing happens.

{% hint style="info" %}
In Unicode UTF-16 LE, the first 2 bytes must be the 0xFEFF BOM (Byte Order Mark).
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
In Unicode UTF-8 the first 3 bytes may optionally be 0xEFBBBF.
{% endhint %}


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