Write Method

Writes a specified string to a TextStream file.

object.Write(string)

Arguments

object

Required. Always the name of a TextStream object.

string

Required. The text you want to write to the file.

Remarks

Specified strings are written to the file with no intervening spaces or characters between each string. Use the WriteLine method to write a newline character or a string that ends with a newline character.

The following example illustrates use of the Write method:

Function WriteToFile
   Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2
   Dim fso, f
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForWriting, True)
   f.Write "Hello world!" 
   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForReading)
   WriteToFile =   f.ReadLine
End Function

See Also

Close Method | Read Method | ReadAll Method | ReadLine Method | Skip Method | SkipLine Method | WriteLine Method | WriteBlankLines Method

Applies To: TextStream Object