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METHOD:
File.OpenAsTextStream
object.OpenAsTextStream([iomode [, format]])
This method opens a specified file and returns an instance of a TextStream object that can then be
manipulated - read from, written or appended to.
This method has two
optional parameters. The first, iomode, has the following available values:
| Constant |
Value |
Description |
| ForReading |
1 |
File is opened for reading
only |
| ForWriting |
2 |
File is opened for writing and
the contents of any existing file with the same name are
overwritten |
| ForAppending |
8 |
Opens the file and writes to
the end of any existing text. |
The second optional parameter, format, can have any of the following values:
| Constant |
Value |
Description |
| TriStateUseDefault |
-2 |
Uses the system default file
format |
| TriStateTrue |
-1 |
Opens the file using the Unicode
format |
| TriStateFalse |
0 |
Opens the file in AscII
format |
Code:
<%
dim filesys, demofile, txtstream
set filesys =
CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set
demofile = filesys.CreateTextFile ("c:\somefile.txt", true)
set demofile =
filesys.GetFile("c:\somefile.txt")
set txtstream = demofile.OpenAsTextStream (2, -2)
txtstream.Write "This will overwrite any text already in the file."
txtstream.Close
%>
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