DevGuru VBScript Method: TextStream.Read

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			METHOD: TextStream.Read Implemented in version 2.0 object.Read This method reads the number of characters you specify from a Textstream file and returns them as a string. If you specify more characters than actual exist in the file, then Read only returns the actual number of characters that are in the file. Code: <% dim filesys, text, readfile, contents set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set text = filesys.CreateTextFile("c:\somefile2.txt") text.Write "A quick example of the Read method" text.close set readfile = filesys.OpenTextFile("c:\somefile2.txt", 1, false) contents = readfile.Read(7) readfile.close Response.Write "The first seven characters in the text file are '" & contents & "'." %> Output: "The first seven characters in the text file are 'A quick'.