Perforce API for the .Net CLR P4.Net

P4Connection.PrintText Method 

Print the contents of a file in Perforce to a string.

[Visual Basic]
Public Function PrintText( _
   ByVal depotPath As String _
) As String
[C#]
public string PrintText(
   string depotPath
);

Parameters

depotPath
Perforce path to the file.

Return Value

Contents of the file.

Remarks

Attempting to call PrintText on a binary file will likely cause corruption.
If a file is does not exist, a FileNotFound exception will be thrown (regardless of the ExceptionLevel setting).
Depot Path, Client Path or Local Path can generally be used for the argument depotPath (so long as the argument is valid for the

p4 print
command line.

See Also

P4Connection Class | P4API Namespace