Problem with fileread

[PuzzledGreatly]

Suddenly fileread is not inserting linefeeds unless I use the option *t which help says should be unnecessary. . What could be causing this change in behaviour? I'm only trying to read text files. Thanks.

Edit: I checked two different text files using notepad++ to see the hidden cr and lf characters. Both have the same structure yet fileread is treating the files differently. One is loaded as a single string and the other with linefeeds as expected. This is worrying.

[garry]

maybe try with fileopen

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F1 := a_desktop . "\test1.txt"
F2 := a_desktop . "\test2.txt"
aa := FileOpen(F1,"r",UTF-8)
var:= aa.Read()
aa.Close()
FileOpen(F2, "w", "UTF-8").Write(var)
try
 run,%f2%
exitapp
;=========================================

[swagfag]

u can post the files and the code, then we can see if something is actually wrong

[PuzzledGreatly]

Thanks for the replies. Sample code:

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fileread, update, #[settings].txt	
msgbox, 4096, update,% update
fileread, update, *t #[settings].txt	
msgbox, 4096, update,% update

With the attached file the first msgbox has no linefeeds resulting in a long string while the second does.

[just me]

The MsgBoxes look identical here.

[swagfag]

the file contains 2 instances of CRLF in it(yielding 3 lines total)

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the first msgbox shows

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the second msgbox shows

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both MsgBoxes show the same 3 lines. FileRead *t has correctly translated CRLF into LF
ahk 1.1.32.02, all exes

[PuzzledGreatly]

Thanks for the replies. On my system I'm only getting three lines with fileread and that file when I use *t. I get a long string when I don't. Could reinstalling AutoHotKey fix this issue? Thanks again.

[off]

You can try sending screenshot of the msgbox.
Im curious what do you mean by different

I tried your script with your own txt file, same result. Maybe your AHK version? Are you using the newest V1?