Facilitates sequential access to file.
Syntax
TextStream. { property | method }
The property and method arguments can be any of the properties and methods associated with the TextStream object. Note that in actual usage, TextStream is replaced by a variable placeholder representing the TextStream object returned from the FileSystemObject.
Remarks
In the following code, a is the TextStream object returned by the CreateTextFile method on the FileSystemObject; WriteLine and Close are two methods of the TextStream object.
Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set a = fs.CreateTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", True)
a.WriteLine("This is a test.")
a.CloseMethods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| Close | Closes an open TextStream file. |
| Read | Reads a specified number of characters from a TextStream file and returns the result. |
| ReadAll | Reads an entire TextStream file and returns the result. |
| ReadLine | Reads one line from a TextStream file and returns the result. |
| Skip | Skips a specified number of characters when reading a TextStream file. |
| SkipLine | Skips the next line when reading a TextStream file. |
| Write | Writes a specified text to a TextStream file. |
| WriteBlankLines | Writes a specified number of new-line characters to a TextStream file. |
| WriteLine | Writes a specified text and a new-line character to a TextStream file. |
Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| AtEndOfLine | Returns true if the file pointer is positioned immediately before the end-of-line marker in a TextStream file, and false if not. |
| AtEndOfStream | Returns true if the file pointer is at the end of a TextStream file, and false if not. |
| Column | Returns the column number of the current character position in an input stream. |
| Line | Returns the current line number in a TextStream file. |