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# LoadFileToWideString

**LoadFileToWideString** loads the contents of the file specified by **aFileName** into a string variable.

This function **LoadFileToWideString** handles unicode characters. For a similar function that does not accommodate unicode, please refer to [LoadFileToString](/statelake/scripting-reference/functions-and-procedures/file-functions/loadfiletostring).

**Declaration**: Function LoadFileToWideString(const aFileName : string) : string

An example follows.

```pascal
procedure OnMapEvent(var Value:Variant);
var vData : string;
begin
 //Reads file into string
  vData := LoadFileToWideString('C:\Temp\TodayTestWS.txt');
  LogInfo('First five characters from file: ' + Copy(vData, 13, 5));
end;
```