There is another example script named "ReadRandomLine", go ahead and run that script. It will read a random line from your "myfile" text file.

One use I could see for this would be to use it to read a text file and pick a quote, greeting or joke at random. Lets create a random joke teller to see how we can us this:

1. Create a new text file in your c:\temp folder named "jokes"

2. Lets add some jokes, but they have to fit on one line. Here are a few I found online:

A recent study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

I find it ironic that the colors red, white, and blue stand for freedom until they are flashing behind you.

Today a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation towards the local swimming pool. I gave him a glass of water.

Add those to your joke text file and save it. You should end up with 3 lines of jokes with no spaces between the lines.

3. Now add a new Script control and name it "RandomJokes" and enter the following code and save the script:

# Reads random line from the specified file

$filename = "c:\temp\jokes.txt"

if (FileExists($filename) = false)
  print("File does not exist")
  Halt()
endif 
  
$cnt = 1

$txt = FileReadLineRandom($filename)

print("Random Line: " + $txt)
Say($txt)

This will print the joke in the output of the script debug window as well as speak it from the computer speakers.