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Web Development Code Library ASPFile System Object - Write

File System Object - Write

Use the File System Object to write to a text file on your server. This version allows you to append data to the file and will create the file if it does not exist

<!--Document Name="formhandler.asp" -->

<html>
  <body>

     <form action="formhandler.asp" method="post">
          <input type="text" size="10" name="username">
          <input type="text" size="10" name="homepage">
          <input type="text" size="10" name="Email">
     </form>

  </body>
</html>

<%

'Put error checking here to make sure they submitted something to the page
'Also check to see if they have hit the reload button (hint: use session
'variables)

' Get form info

strName = Request.Form("username")
strHomePage = Request.Form("homepage")
strEmail = Request.Form("Email")

' create the fso object

Set fso = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

path = "c:\temp\test.txt"

ForReading = 1
ForWriting = 2
ForAppending = 8

' open the file

set file = fso.opentextfile(path, ForAppending, TRUE)

' write the info to the file

file.write(strName) & vbcrlf
file.write(strHomePage) & vbcrlf
file.write(strEmail) & vbcrlf
' close and clean up

file.close

set file = nothing
set fso = nothing

%>