METHOD: FileSystemObject.OpenTextFile
Implemented in version 2.0
object.OpenTextFile
(filename [, iomode[, create[, format]]])
This method is used to open a text file and returns a TextStreamObject
that can then be used to write to, append to, and read from the file.
The optional iomode argument can
have one of the following Constants as its value:
| CONSTANT |
VALUE |
DESCRIPTION |
| ForReading |
1 |
Opens a file
for reading only |
| ForWriting |
2 |
Opens a file
for writing. If the file already exists, the contents are overwritten. |
| ForAppending |
8 |
Opens a file
and starts writing at the end (appends). Contents are not overwritten. |
The optional create argument can
be either True, which will create the specified file if it does
not exist, or False, which won't.
The optional format argument uses
one of the following Tristate values to specify in which format
the file is opened. If not set, this defaults to TristateFalse,
and the file will be opened in ASCII format.
| CONSTANT |
VALUE |
DESCRIPTION |
| TristateTrue |
-1 |
Opens the file
as Unicode |
| TristateFalse |
0 |
Opens the file
as ASCII |
| TristateUseDefault |
-2 |
Use default
system setting |
The following example will open the file, "c:\somefile.txt" (or create
it if it does not exist), and append the specified text to it.
Code:
<%
dim filesys, filetxt
Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set filetxt = filesys.OpenTextFile("c:\somefile.txt", ForAppending,
True)
filetxt.WriteLine("Your text goes here.")
filetxt.Close
%>
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