ASP OpenAsTextStream Method

The ASP OpenAsTextStream Method is used to return a TextStream object by opening a specified file. It can be used to perform certain operations on the file.

Syntax:

FileObject.OpenAsTextStream(mode, format)

Parameters: This method has two parameters as mentioned above and described below:

• mode: It specifies the mode that a file is opened in. It contains 3 constant values to perform operations on the file.
  • ForReading (1): This opens the file for reading. The file cannot be written in this mode.
  • ForWriting (2): This opens the file for writing.
  • ForAppending (8): This opens the file for appending content to the end.
• format: Optional attribute. It contains three constant values which used to define a format of a file.
  • TristateFalse (0): This opens the file as ASCII. This is the default format.
  • TristateTrue (1): This opens the file as Unicode.
  • TristateUseDefault (2): This opens the file using the system default.

Example: The below code demonstrates the ASP File.OpenAsTextStream Method.

ASP

<%
dim fs,f,ts
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

'Getting the file to be read
Set f=fs.GetFile("d:\GFG.txt")

'Opening the file as a text stream
'in writing mode (2)
Set ts=f.OpenAsTextStream(2)

'Writing some content to the file'
ts.Write("This is a GeeksforGeeks example")

'Closing the stream
ts.Close

'Opening the file as a text stream
'in reading mode (1)
Set ts=f.OpenAsTextStream(1)

'Reading the contents of the file
Response.Write(ts.ReadAll)

'Closing the stream
ts.Close

set ts=nothing
set f=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>

Output:

This is a GeeksforGeeks example