VBScript TextStream Object

The VBScript TextStream object facilitates sequential access to a file.

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

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

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.

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