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

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##### Description

> Read-only property that returns the current line number in a TextStream file.

##### Syntax

> object.Line

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

##### Remarks

> After a file is initially opened and before anything is written, Line is equal to 1.

> The following example illustrates use of the Line property:

> >     Function GetLine
> >       Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2
> >       Dim fso, f, ra
> >       Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> >       Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForWriting, True)
> >       f.Write "Hello world!" & vbCrLf & "VB Script is fun!" & vbCrLf
> >       Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForReading)
> >       ra =  f.ReadAll
> >       GetLine = f.Line
> >     End Function

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