Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition AtEndOfLine Property | Language Reference Version 2

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##### Description

> Returns True if the file pointer immediately precedes the end-of-line marker in a TextStream file; False if it is not. Read-only.

##### Syntax

> object.AtEndOfLine

> The object is always the name of a TextStream object.

##### Remarks

> The AtEndOfLine property applies only to TextStream files that are open for reading; otherwise, an error occurs.

> The following code illustrates the use of the AtEndOfLine property:

> >     Function ReadEntireFile(filespec)
> >       Const ForReading = 1
> >       Dim fso, theFile, retstring
> >       Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> >       Set theFile = fso.OpenTextFile(filespec, ForReading, False)
> >       Do While theFile.AtEndOfLine <> True
> >         retstring = theFile.Read(1)
> >       Loop
> >       theFile.Close
> >       ReadEntireFile = retstring
> >     End Function

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