Syntax
filesystemobject.OpentextFile(filename, iomode, create, format)
The OpentextFile() method opens a text stream object to a specified file.
The third parameter, create, is a Boolean value indicating whether the file can be created if it doesn't exist.
format, is a value indicating the format of the opened file. The default is ASCII.
<html>
<body>
<script language="JScript">
<!--
function open()
{
var myObject, afile;
myObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
afile = myObject.OpenTextFile("c:\\dummy.txt", ForAppending, false);
afile.close();
}
-->
</script>
Open a text stream for the file dummy.txt
<form name="myForm">
<input type="Button" value="Open File" onClick='open()'>
</form>
</body>
</html>