TextStream Object

The TextStream object facilitates sequential access to file.

Methods

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

Properties

AtEndOfLine	True if the file pointer is before the end-of-line marker.
AtEndOfStream	True if the file pointer is as the end of a file.
Column	The column number of the current character position.
Line	The current line number.

Syntax

TextStream.{property | method( )}

Arguments

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:

var fs = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

var 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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