Read text file and run as code

[gutierrez100]

Is possible to read a text file and run the content as a code?

[herrin]

autoplay media studio > help > [B]dofile[/B]

[gutierrez100]

herrin many thanks

[Centauri Soldier]

local sFile = TextFile.ReadToString("myfile.lua");
local fCode = loadstring(sFile);

if ( type(fCode) == "function" ) then
fCode();
end

[Imagine Programming]

Lua 5.1 also has loadfile, which allows for a pure-Lua solution with bytecode support. TextFile.ReadToString stops the string at the first NUL char.

local f, e = loadfile("myfile.lua");
if (type(f) == "function") then
  f();
else
  Dialog.Message("error", tostring(e), MB_OK, MB_ICONSTOP);
end

[Centauri Soldier]

...TextFile.ReadToString stops the string at the first NUL char.

I didn't realize that, good catch.