objFSO.OpenTextFile won't accept 4 arguments !? 1

[Geates]

set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

'Generates an "Invalid procedure call or argument" error
set objStream = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\file.txt", 1, true, 1)

'Does not generate an error
set objStream = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\file.txt", 1, 1)

What gives?

-Geates

http://ns7.webmasters.com/caspdoc/html/vbscript_language_reference.htm

 

[guitarzan]

I guess OpenTextFile does not look for a "create" argument if the "iomode" argument is 1 (ForReading).

Not tested but i would assume that both:
set objStream = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\file.txt", [highlight #FCE94F]2[/highlight], true, 1)
and
set objStream = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\file.txt", [highlight #FCE94F]8[/highlight], true, 1)
would work

http://www.devguru.com/technologies/vbscript/14075

 

[Geates]

It's the format.

'Generates an "Invalid procedure call or argument" error
set objStream = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\file.txt", 1, true, 1)

'Does not generate an error
set objStream = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\file.txt", 1, true, 0)

This means I've never opened a file as unicode

-Geates

http://ns7.webmasters.com/caspdoc/html/vbscript_language_reference.htm

 

[SkipVought]

there is no tristate value of 1!

Constant Value Description 
TristateUseDefault –2 Opens the file using the system default. 
TristateTrue       –1 Opens the file as Unicode. 
TristateFalse       0 Opens the file as ASCII.

Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

 

[guitarzan]

Ahh... I didn't look at the link I posted carefully enough, I missed that tristate values are only -1, 0 and -2. Replacing the magic numbers with constant definitions at the top of the script would solve that problem

 

[Geates]

I missed that too. So .. forget my previous statement

-Geates

http://ns7.webmasters.com/caspdoc/html/vbscript_language_reference.htm

 

[MakeItSo]

It's the little things that matter.
Nicely spotted, Skip!


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