# Read Storage Text

> `UiPath.Core.Activities.Storage.ReadStorageText`

`UiPath.Core.Activities.Storage.ReadStorageText`

## Description

Downloads a file from a specified Storage Bucket in Orchestrator and stores it in a string variable.

## Project compatibility

**Windows - Legacy** | **Windows** | **Cross-platform**

## Cross-platform configuration

* **Orchestrator folder path** - The path to the Orchestrator Folder you want to use with this activity. If left empty, the current Orchestrator folder is used. This field supports only strings and `String` variables.
* **Storage Bucket Name** - The name of the Storage Bucket the file is located in. This field is mandatory. This field supports only strings and `String` variables.
* **File Path** - The path of the text you want to retrieve from the specified Storage Bucket. The file must exist in the source Orchestrator Storage container. This field supports only strings and `String` variables.

<sup>1</sup>For cross-platform projects created in Studio Web as part of a solution, the **Orchestrator folder path** field is unavailable.

<sup>2</sup>For cross-platform projects created in Studio Web as part of a solution, the **name** field provides options to **Define new** Orchestrator resources, such as queues, assets, or storage buckets, during design time, or **Open Orchestrator** for resource management.

#### **Advanced options**

**Options**
* **Encoding** - The encoding name for decoding the file content. You can find the complete list of codes for each character encoding on the page. To specify the encoding type to be used, use the value from the **Name** field. If no encoding type is specified, the activity will search for the file's Byte Order Marks to detect the encoding. If no Byte Order Marks are detected, the system ANSI code page is selected by default. This field supports `String` variables.
* **Timeout (milliseconds)** - Specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for the activity to run before an error is thrown. The default value is 30000 milliseconds (30 seconds).
* **Continue On Error** - Specifies if the automation should continue even when the activity throws an error. This field only supports Boolean values (`True`, `False`). The default value is `False`. As a result, if the field is blank and an error is thrown, the execution of the project stops. If the value is set to `True`, the execution of the project continues regardless of any error.
  :::note
  If this activity is included in **Try Catch** and the value of the **ContinueOnError** property is True, no error is caught when the project is executed.
  :::

**Output**
* **Result** - The text retrieved from the specified Storage Bucket, stored in a `String` variable, decoded using the specified Encoding. This field supports only strings and `String` variables.

## Windows - Legacy, Windows configuration

* **Path** - The path of the text you want to retrieve from the specified Storage Bucket. The file must exist in the source Orchestrator Storage container. This field supports only strings and `String` variables.
* **Storage Bucket Name** - The name of the Storage Bucket the file is located in. This field is mandatory. This field supports only strings and `String` variables.

#### **Properties panel**

#### **Common**

* **Continue On Error** - Specifies if the automation should continue even when the activity throws an error. This field only supports Boolean values (`True`, `False`). The default value is `False`. As a result, if the field is blank and an error is thrown, the execution of the project stops. If the value is set to `True`, the execution of the project continues regardless of any error.
  :::note
  If this activity is included in **Try Catch** and the value of the **ContinueOnError** property is True, no error is caught when the project is executed.
  :::
* **DisplayName** - The display name of the activity.
* **Timeout (milliseconds)** - Specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for the activity to run before an error is thrown. The default value is 30000 milliseconds (30 seconds).

#### **Misc**

* **Folder Path** - The path to the Orchestrator Folder you want to use with this activity. If left empty, the current Orchestrator folder is used. This field supports only strings and `String` variables.
* **Private** - If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.

**Output**
* **Result** - The text retrieved from the specified Storage Bucket, stored in a `String` variable, decoded using the specified Encoding. This field supports only strings and `String` variables.

**Storage**
* **Encoding** - The encoding name for decoding the file content. You can find the complete list of codes for each character encoding on the page. To specify the encoding type to be used, use the value from the **Name** field. If no encoding type is specified, the activity will search for the file's Byte Order Marks to detect the encoding. If no Byte Order Marks are detected, the system ANSI code page is selected by default. This field supports `String` variables.
* **Path** - The path of the text you want to retrieve from the specified Storage Bucket. The file must exist in the source Orchestrator Storage container. This field supports only strings and `String` variables.
* **Storage Bucket Name** - The name of the Storage Bucket the file is located in. This field is mandatory. This field supports only strings and `String` variables.