Public Sub DumpFile(sFileName byval as string,sContents byref as string) Const fsoForReading = 1 On Error Goto ExitThisFunction Dim objFSO Set objFSO = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Dim objTextStream Set objTextStream = objFSO.OpenTextFile (sFileName, fsoForReading) sContents = objTextStream.ReadAll objTextStream.Close Set objTextStream = Nothing Set objFSO = Nothing Exit Sub ExitThisFunction: 'Just exit silently. End Sub