I have a text file, I assign it to a variable. The variable  -Articles - is
of type 'Textfile'.
    assignfile (Articles, 'data.txt');
    reset(Articles);
(The text file has been found, o'wise I'd get a 'File not there' message).

The RichEdit box intended to display the file/variable contents is empty,
until I do ... what?

I assume that I follow that with ...
    while not eof(Articles) do begin
but what then?

(I said it was a beginner's question! *grin*)
RSVP, and Thanks in advance

You can get a line from the text using Readln.

Then you add it to the richedit using the "Add" method related to the
"Lines" property in the RichEdit control.

while not eof(Articles) do
  begin
   readln(Articles,s);
   richedit1.Lines.add(s); //where 's' var is in the type of string.
  end;

In the end close the file with CloseFile(Articles).

Just call yourRichEdit.Lines.LoadFromFile('data.txt')
and forget about your problems:-)

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1st: use a TFileStream rather than pascal-style file I/O
2nd: TRichEdit.Lines.LoadFromFile(AFileName). This allows you to
compose RTF textually and feed it in.
3rd: TRichEdit.PlainText := 'abc';

I hope this helps

Cheers