diff --git a/Src/IACore/imp/inl/iacore/string/string.inl b/Src/IACore/imp/inl/iacore/string/string.inl
index 5600a3c..7631644 100644
--- a/Src/IACore/imp/inl/iacore/string/string.inl
+++ b/Src/IACore/imp/inl/iacore/string/string.inl
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ namespace ia
 
   define_member_function(BOOL, resize, IN size_type newCount)
   {
+    newCount += 1;
     const auto did_reallocate = reserve(newCount);
     for(; Base::m_count < newCount; Base::m_count++) Base::m_data[Base::m_count] = 0;
     return did_reallocate;
diff --git a/Src/IACore/inc/hpp/iacore/file.hpp b/Src/IACore/inc/hpp/iacore/file.hpp
index 2df2e23..3dd30a7 100644
--- a/Src/IACore/inc/hpp/iacore/file.hpp
+++ b/Src/IACore/inc/hpp/iacore/file.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <iacore/exception.hpp>
 #include <iacore/string.hpp>
-
+#include <iacore/vector.hpp>
 
 namespace ia
 {
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ namespace ia
             OPEN_FLAG_BINARY = 4,
         };
 
+    public:
+        STATIC Vector<UINT8> ReadToVector(IN CONST String &path)
+        {
+            File f(path, OPEN_FLAG_READ | OPEN_FLAG_BINARY);
+            return f.ReadToVector();
+        }    
+
+        STATIC String ReadToString(IN CONST String &path)
+        {
+            File f(path, OPEN_FLAG_READ);
+            return f.ReadToString();
+        }
+
       public:
         File(IN CONST String &path, IN UINT32 flags)
         {
@@ -78,6 +91,23 @@ namespace ia
             return readSize;
         }
 
+        Vector<UINT8> ReadToVector()
+        {
+            Vector<UINT8> result;
+            result.resize(Size());
+            Read(result.data(), result.size(), result.size());
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        String ReadToString()
+        {
+            String result;
+            result.resize(Size());
+            Read(result.data(), result.size(), result.size());
+            result.back() = '\0';
+            return result;
+        }
+
       public:
         template<BOOL includeExtension> STATIC INLINE String ExtractFilenameFromPath(IN CONST String &path)
         {
diff --git a/Src/IACoreTest/imp/cpp/Main.cpp b/Src/IACoreTest/imp/cpp/Main.cpp
index 0ca45f0..e910e92 100644
--- a/Src/IACoreTest/imp/cpp/Main.cpp
+++ b/Src/IACoreTest/imp/cpp/Main.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 using namespace ia;
 
-VOID print(IN CONST Span<int>& s)
+template<typename _value_type>
+VOID print(IN CONST Span<_value_type>& s)
 {
     for(const auto& v: s)
         Logger::Info(v);