METHOD:  TextStream.Read
Implemented in version 2.0
 
object.Read

This method reads the number of characters you specify from a Textstream file and returns them as a string. If you specify more characters than actual exist in the file, then Read only returns the actual number of characters that are in the file.
 
Code:
<%
dim filesys, text, readfile, contents
set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set text = filesys.CreateTextFile("c:\somefile2.txt")
text.Write "A quick example of the Read method"
text.close
set readfile = filesys.OpenTextFile("c:\somefile2.txt", 1, false)
contents = readfile.Read(7)
readfile.close
Response.Write "The first seven characters in the text file are '" & contents & "'."
%>

Output:
"The first seven characters in the text file are 'A quick'.

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