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8.12 TextStream Object

The TextStream object facilitates sequential access to a file.
 

Methods

Close
 
Closes an open stream.
 
Read
 
Reads a specified number of characters from a stream.
 
ReadAll
 
Reads an entire stream.
 
ReadLine
 
Reads an entire line from a stream.
 
Skip
 
Skips a specified number of characters when reading a stream.
 
SkipLine
 
Skips the next line when reading a stream.
 
Write
 
Writes a specified string to a stream.
 
WriteBlankLines
 
Writes a specified number of newline characters to a stream.
 
WriteLine
 
Writes a specified string and newline character to a stream.
 

Properties

AtEndOfLine
 
True if the file pointer is before the end-of-line marker.
 
AtEndOfStream
 
True if the file pointer is at the end of the stream
 
Column
 
The column number of the current character in the stream.
 
Line
 
The current line number of the stream.
 

Syntax

TextStream.{property | method}

The property and method argument can be any of the properties and methods associated with the TextStream object.
 

Note

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:
 

Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set a = fs.CreateTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", True)

a.WriteLine("This is a test.")

a.Close

WriteLine and Close are two methods of the TextStream object.
 

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