FileSystemObject Object 

Provides access to a computer's file system.

Remarks

The following code illustrates how the FileSystemObject is used to return a TextStream object that can be read from or written to.

// JScript

var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

var a = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", true);

a.WriteLine("This is a test.");

a.Close();
' VBScript

Dim fso, MyFile

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set MyFile = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", True)

MyFile.WriteLine("This is a test.")

MyFile.Close

In the example code, the ActiveXObject object is assigned to the FileSystemObject (fso). The CreateTextFile method then creates the file as a TextStream object (a), and the WriteLine method writes a line of text to the created text file. The Close method flushes the buffer and closes the file.

Methods

BuildPath Method | CopyFile Method | CopyFolder Method | CreateFolder Method | CreateTextFile Method | DeleteFile Method | DeleteFolder Method | DriveExists Method | FileExists Method | FolderExists Method | GetAbsolutePathName Method | GetBaseName Method | GetDrive Method | GetDriveName Method | GetExtensionName Method | GetFile Method | GetFileVersion Method | GetFileName Method | GetFolder Method | GetParentFolderName Method | GetSpecialFolder Method | GetStandardStream Method | GetTempName Method | MoveFile Method | MoveFolder Method | OpenTextFile Method

Properties

Drives Property