TextStream Object

TextStream object of FileSystemObject component is related to manipulating the contents of a text file sequentially. Unlike other object in the FileSystemObject component, the TextSteam object returned from the FileSystemObject object provides an intermediate variable placeholder as the representation of the contents of the sequential text stream of the text file for manipulation.

Methods

Method	Description
Close	to close the specified TextStream object instance if opened.
Read	to read and return a specified number of characters from the specified TextStream object instance.
ReadAll	to read and return all entire TextStream characters from the specified TextStream object instance.
ReadLine	to read and return one entire line of TextStream characters, excluding the newline character, from the specified TextStream object instance.
Skip	to skip the returning of a specified number of TextStream characters from the specified TextStream object instance during reading.
SkipLine	to skip the returning of next entire line of TextStream characters from the specified TextStream object instance during reading.
Write	to write the specified string to the specified TextStream object instance.
WriteBlankLines	to write the specified number of newline characters to the specified TextStream object instance.
WriteLine	to write the specified string and a newline character to the specified TextStream object instance.

Properties

Property	Description
AtEndOfLine	a read only property to check whether the file pointer is positioned immediately before the end-of-line marker in the specified TextStream object instance or not.
AtEndOfStream	a read only property to check whether the file pointer is positioned immediately at the end of the specified TextStream object instance or not.
Column	a read only property to get the column number of the current character position in the specified file object instance.
Line	a read only property to get the line number of the current line position in the specified file object instance.

Remarks

The methods and properties of TextStream object can be grouped into

TextStream Inforamtion: AtEndOfLine; AtEndOfStream; Column; Line
TextStream Manipulation: Close; Read; ReadAll; ReadLine; Skip; SkipLine; Write; WriteBlankLines; WriteLine

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