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# File Read

Read data from a specified text file.

Action available for the following operating systems:

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### Parameters

* **File ID** *\<numeric> -* The identification to the file that the user wants to read. The File ID used in a previous [Open File](/kalipso5/developing/form/actions/actions-description/group-files/file-open.md) action.
* **Target** *\<unquoted string> -* The control or variable to save the readed data from file.
* **Details** *\<radiobox>*
  * **Read Chunck and Length** *\<numeric> -* If the user wants to read a chunck of data from the file, he must indicate the number of characters to he wants to read.
  * **Read Line and End Line Chars** *\<string> -* If the user wants to read a line of the file, he must indicate the end characters of each file line.
* **Coded** *\<unquoted string> -* Defines if the readed 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" %}
When the end of the file is reached this action generates an error. In this case, the ERRORCODE can be compared to -512 to know if the error is due to an end of file.
{% endhint %}