Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition Read Method |
Scripting Run-Time Reference Version 2 |
Reads a specified number of characters from a TextStream file and returns the resulting string.
object.Read(characters)The Read method syntax has these parts:
Part Description object Required. Always the name of a TextStream object. characters Required. Number of characters you want to read from the file.
The following example illustrates how to use the Read method to read five characters from a file and return the resulting string: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