Skip Method 

Skips a specified number of characters when reading a TextStream file.

object.Skip(characters)

Arguments

• object
  Required. Always the name of a TextStream object.

• characters
  Required. Number of characters to skip when reading a file.

Remarks

Skipped characters are discarded.

The following example illustrates the use of the Skip method:

function SkipDemo()

{

   var fso, f, r;

   var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2;

   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

   f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForWriting, true);

   f.WriteLine("Hello world!");

   f.WriteLine("JScript is fun");

   f.Close();

   f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForReading);

   f.Skip(6);

   r = f.ReadLine();

   return(r);

}

Function SkipTextFile

   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!"

   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForReading)

   f.Skip(6)

   SkipTextFile =   f.ReadLine

End Function

Applies To:

TextStream Object

See Also

Reference

Close Method (FileSystemObject)
Read Method
ReadAll Method
ReadLine Method
SkipLine Method
Write Method (FileSystemObject)
WriteLine Method (FileSystemObject)
WriteBlankLines Method