SkipLine Method 

Skips the next line when reading a TextStream file.

object.SkipLine( )

Remarks

The object is always the name of a TextStream object.

The following examples illustrate the use of the SkipLine method:

function SkipLineDemo()

{

   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.SkipLine();

   r = f.ReadLine();

   return(r);

}

Function SkipLineInFile

   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!" & vbCrLf & "VBScript is fun!"

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

   f.SkipLine

   SkipLineInFile = f.ReadLine

End Function

Applies To:

TextStream Object

See Also

Reference

Read Method
ReadAll Method
ReadLine Method
Skip Method