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The CreateTextFile Method

The CreateTextFile method creates a new text file in the current folder and returns a TextStream object that can be used to read from, or write to the file.

Syntax

FileSystemObject.CreateTextFile filename[,overwrite[,unicode]]

FolderObject.CreateTextFile filename[,overwrite[,unicode]]

Example for the FileSystemObject object

<%
dim fs,tfile
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set tfile=fs.CreateTextFile("c:\somefile.txt")
tfile.WriteLine("Hello World!")
tfile.close
set tfile=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>

Example for the Folder object

<%
dim fs,fo,tfile
Set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 
Set fo=fs.GetFolder("c:\test") 
Set tfile=fo.CreateTextFile("test.txt",false) 
tfile.WriteLine("Hello World!")
tfile.Close
set tfile=nothing
set fo=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>

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