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The TextStream Object

The TextStream object lets you create and work with a text file.

TextStream Object: Methods
Close	Closes the text file.
Read	Returns a specified number of characters from a text file.
ReadAll	Returns an entire text file.
ReadLine	Returns a line from a text file.
Skip	Skips a specified number of characters when reading a text file.
SkipLine	Skips a line when reading a text file.
Write	Writes text to a text file.
WriteLine	Writes a line of text to a text file.
WriteBlankLine	Writes the specified number of blank lines to a text file.

TextStream Object: Properties
AtEndOfLine	Is "true" if the location is just before the end of a line in a text file.
AtEndOfStream	Is "true" if the location is at the end of a text file.
Column	Returns the column number of the current character.
Line	Returns the line number of the current position.

The following code creates a text file, writes a line that contains title text, creates two blank lines, writes heading text using tabs (the ASCII code chr(9)) between the headings, and then creates another blank line before closing the file:

Dim varFileSystem, varTextStream

Set varFileSystem=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set varTextStream=varFileSystem.CreateTextFile("c:\plist.txt")

varTextStream.WriteLine "Company Call List"

varTextStream.WriteBlankLines(2)

varTextStream.Write "Name" & chr(9)

varTextStream.Write "Employee ID" & chr(9)

varTextStream.Write "Phone Number"

varTextStream.WriteBlankLines(1)

varTextStream.Close

You must close the file in order to allow users to access it.

Once you've created a text file, you can use the TextStream object to open the file and display its contents in an ASP page:

Dim varFileSystem, varTextStream

Set varFileSystem=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set varTextStream=varFileSystem.OpenTextFile("c:\plist.txt")

Response.Write(varTextStream.ReadAll)

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