The following example illustrates the use of the
ReadLine method.
JScript
function ReadLine()
{
var fso, f;
var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2;
fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForWriting, true);
f.Write("Hello World!");
f.Close();
f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForReading);
return(f.ReadLine);
}
VBScript
Function ReadLine
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!"
f.Close
Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForReading)
GetColumn = f.ReadLine
End Function
PowerBASIC
FUNCTION ReadLine () AS STRING
LOCAL fso AS IFileSystem
LOCAL f AS ITextStream
fso = NEWCOM ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
f = fso.OpenTextFile(UCODE$("c:\testfile.txt"), %IOMode_ForWriting, %VARIANT_TRUE)
f.Write UCODE$("Hello world!" )
f.Close
f = fso.OpenTextFile(UCODE$("c:\testfile.txt"), %IOMode_ForReading)
FUNCTION = ACODE$(f.ReadLine)
f.Close
END FUNCTION