Why does the get statement return empty string in VBA?

casillas

Sub AAA ()
dim filecontent as sting

 Open "d:\aaa\test.doc" For Binary As # 1
    Get # 1,, filecontent
    Close # 1
    

End Sub
_____________________________________
The returned filecontent is empty, but there is meat in test.doc

w9900403

Files opened in binary mode cannot be directly read into the string, change it
Dim fileContent As String
Dim b() As Byte
Open "d:\aaa\test.doc" For Binary As #1
    ReDim b(LOF(1)-1)
    Get #1,, b
    Close #1
    fileContent = StrConv(b, vbUnicode)
    Debug.Print Len(fileContent)
But I don’t know what is the use of such reading?