VBS Tutorial: method-Read Method

Read Method

SlaveTextStreamThe file reads a specified number of characters and returns a result string.

Object.Read(Characters)

Parameters

Object

Required. Should beTextStreamObject Name.

Characters

Required. The number of characters to read from the file.

Description

The following example illustrates how to useReadThe method reads five characters from the file and returns the string result:

Function ReadTextFileTest Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8 Dim fso, f, Msg 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)ReadTextFileTest =F. Read (5)End Function