2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/engines/titanic/support/simple_file.cpp b/engines/titanic/support/simple_file.cpp
index f4351f920f..45b5c8a7cb 100644
--- a/engines/titanic/support/simple_file.cpp
+++ b/engines/titanic/support/simple_file.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@
 
 namespace Titanic {
 
+CString readStringFromStream(Common::SeekableReadStream *s) {
+	CString result;
+	char c;
+	while ((c = s->readByte()) != '\0')
+		result += c;
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+/*------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 bool File::open(const Common::String &name) {
 	if (!Common::File::open(name))
 		error("Could not open file - %s", name.c_str());
diff --git a/engines/titanic/support/simple_file.h b/engines/titanic/support/simple_file.h
index cf89e5d72c..bca96a631a 100644
--- a/engines/titanic/support/simple_file.h
+++ b/engines/titanic/support/simple_file.h
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ public:
 	Common::SeekableReadStream *readStream() const { return _inStream; }
 };
 
+/**
+ * General purpose support method for reading an ASCIIZ string from a stream
+ */
+CString readStringFromStream(Common::SeekableReadStream *s);
+
 } // End of namespace Titanic
 
 #endif /* TITANIC_SIMPLE_FILE_H */