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Gets the contents of a specified file.
Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.9.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.9.0.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Function GetFileContents ( _
    wszFilename As String, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef pbstrFileContents As String _
) As Integer
int GetFileContents(
    string wszFilename,
    out string pbstrFileContents
)
int GetFileContents(
    [InAttribute] String^ wszFilename, 
    [OutAttribute] String^% pbstrFileContents
)
abstract GetFileContents : 
        wszFilename:string * 
        pbstrFileContents:string byref -> int
function GetFileContents(
    wszFilename : String, 
    pbstrFileContents : String
) : int
Parameters
- wszFilename 
 Type: String- [in] Name of the file to get. 
- pbstrFileContents 
 Type: String%- [out] The contents of the file. 
Return Value
Type: Int32
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.
Remarks
This method returns the contents of the specified file based on what is in memory or what is on disk if not in-memory.
COM Signature
From vsshell90.idl:
HRESULT GetFileContents(
    [in] LPCOLESTR wszFilename,
    [out, retval] BSTR* pbstrFileContents
);
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.