Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition FileSystemObject Object | Language Reference Version 2

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##### Description

> Provides access to a computer's file system.

##### Syntax

> Scripting.FileSystemObject

##### Remarks

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

> >     Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> >     Set a = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", True)
> >     a.WriteLine("This is a test.")
> >     a.Close

> In the preceding code, the CreateObject function returns 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.

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