VBScript » TextStream » Read
Version: 2.0
- Syntax:
- object.Read(characters)
This method reads the number of characters you specify from a Textstream file and returns them as a string.
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.
Examples
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'.