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Jeff Anderson (9/2/2006)

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An introduction to the OpenTextFile Method of the FileSystemObject

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ASP OpenTextFile

There are three ways you can open a text file using the OpenTextFile method of the FileSystemObject:

ForReading

ForWriting

ForAppending

There is also an optional overwrite variable (Boolean, so true allows overwrites, false doesn't)

There's also an option to specify the format for the file:

0 : TristateFalse - Open the file as ASCII. This is default.

-1 : TristateTrue - Open the file as Unicode.

-2 : TristateUseDefault - Open the file using the system default.

As an example, here's how we open a file to append:

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<%
dim fso,fname,fs_overwrite
fs_overwrite=true
set fso=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set fname=fso.OpenTextFile("/ctest.txt"),8,fs_overwrite)
fname.WriteLine("This text will be added at the end of file")
fname.Close
set fname=Nothing
set fso=Nothing
%>

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