Reading TXT Files in VBScript

A .txt file is a document that contains non-formatted text viewable in any text-editing program. VBScript is an active scripting language designed by Microsoft based on Visual Basic. VBScript can be used for Web client and Web server scripting. You may have an instance where you will need to read a .txt file using VBScript. With the Windows Notepad text editor and using the "FileTextObject," you can read the .txt file in VBScript.

Instructions

1. Click "Start," "All Programs," "Accessories" and "Notepad" to open the text editor.

2. Click "File," then "New" to open a new file in Notepad.

3. Type the following script:

   Option Explicit

   Const conForReading = 1

   'Declare variables

   Dim objFSO, objReadFile, contents

   'Set Objects

   Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

   Set objReadFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\Temp\TextToRead.txt", 1, False)

   'Read file contents

   contents = objReadFile.ReadAll

   'Close file

   objReadFile.close

   'Display results

   wscript.echo contents

   'Cleanup objects

   Set objFSO = Nothing

   Set objReadFile = Nothing

   'Quit script

   WScript.Quit()

4. Replace "C:\Temp\TextToRead.txt" with the directory location of the txt file you want to read in VBScript. Click "File" and "Save" to save the file.

5. Double-click the "ReadTextFile.vbs" file to read the txt file in VBScript and click "OK."

References

• Hacktivision: VBscript to Read a Text File Line by Line

Resources

• Microsoft Script Center: Scripting FAQ