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+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+
+#include "../C++UTF8Test/utf8.h"
+
+const int MAX_FILE_SIZE = 8096;
+
+int main() {
+  std::fstream layout_file;
+  layout_file.open("testfiles/_layout.html");
+  char* data = new char [MAX_FILE_SIZE];
+  int count(0);
+  while (layout_file)
+		data[count++] = layout_file.get();
+	data[--count] = 0;
+
+	string32 layout (data);
+
+	delete data;
+	std::cout << layout << "\n";
+}