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Visual Basic for Applications Reference
Visual Studio 6.0
CreateTextFile Method
See Also Example Applies To Specifics
Description
Creates a specified file name and returns a TextStream object that can be used to read from or write to the file.
Syntax
object.CreateTextFile(filename[, overwrite[, unicode]])
The CreateTextFile method has these parts:
| Part | Description |
| object | Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject or Folder object. |
| filename | Required. String expression that identifies the file to create. |
| overwrite | Optional. Boolean value that indicates if an existing file can be overwritten. The value is True if the file can be overwritten; False if it can't be overwritten. If omitted, existing files are not overwritten. |
| unicode | Optional. Boolean value that indicates whether the file is created as a Unicode or ASCII file. The value is True if the file is created as a Unicode file; False if it's created as an ASCII file. If omitted, an ASCII file is assumed. |
Remarks
The following code illustrates how to use the CreateTextFile method to create and open a text file:
Sub CreateAfile
Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set a = fs.CreateTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", True)
a.WriteLine("This is a test.")
a.Close
End Sub
If the overwrite argument is False, or is not provided, for a filename that already exists, an error occurs.
