using Open and Get to read data from file

[biot023]

Hallo.
Can anyone point me to a good FAQ or tutorial about opening & reading data from a file in VB script?
Thanks alot,
Douglas JL

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[pvw]

Hi Douglas

With pure VBScript you can't perform file I/O. But you can use the FileSystemObject in VBScript to do this.

Here is a good documentation with samples:
FileSystemObject - Working with Files

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/sgworkingwithfiles.asp

Other related articles:
FileSystemObject (General)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/FSOoriFileSystemObject.asp

VBA Features not in VBScript

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/vsgrpnonfeatures.asp

Key Differences Between Visual Basic for Applications and VBScript

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e...betweenvisualbasicforapplicationsvbscript.asp

HTH
Philipp