can activex dll write to text file??

[hinchdog]

i'm trying to make a dll that writes to a text file using the filesystemobject to be called from an asp page. but i can't get it to work. is this even doable?

 

[benjaboy]

Yes it is perfectly do-able, I have done this many times before! See below...

<%@ Language=VBScript %>

<%

Dim s, sTextFile


'create file-system-object
Set fs = Server.CreateObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot

sTextFile = &quot;testfile.txt&quot;

'create text file
Set ts = fs.CreateTextFile(sTextFile, True)

s = &quot;This is a line in a text file!&quot;

'write the line
ts.WriteLine s

'close file
ts.Close

'cleanup
Set ts = Nothing
Set fs = Nothing

%>

If it doesn't seem to be able to open the file, check your permissions in the directory you're trying to create/open it in.

Use the object browser in VB to determine the constant values for the OpenTextFile method.