Should you get permission errors, I recommend that you logon as administrator.

This is a script that will create a file equally well on a Windows server or an XP machine. To tell the whole truth, I fervently believe that you learn more when scripts go wrong – providing you can fix the error quickly.

I admit this is poor scripting, but my dilemma is keeping it simple and highlighting the learning steps, versus a slick script that is difficult to follow. To cure the problem, move on to the second script. The cost of focussing on one method is that Example 1 works fine the first time you execute the script, but if you run it a second time you get an error. The idea behind this script is to highlight the code need to create a file. Example 1 – Basic VBScript to Create a File with CreateTextFile Naturally, we need a folder to hold our file, therefore, our script will test to see if the folder exists, and if not, then our code will create a folder. Our mission on this page is clear, to create a file.

Example 2 – Create a File with error-correcting Code (Better Example).Example 1 – Basic VBScript to Create a File with CreateTextFile.The basics are covered in creating folders (), this page deals with creating files, whilst deals with reading and writing text into the file that we which we created with the first two scripts.

Topics for Creating a File with VBScriptĬreating the file, covered on this page, is the middle of a series of three FSO examples. Remember, that scripting starts at the folder level, therefore, even if you are primarily interested in saving to a file, your script must first get or create the parent folder. Software inventory, registry values and event logs are just some of the examples that spring to mind. I expect that you can think of many scripting scenarios where it would be advantageous to output the data, not to the screen, but to a file. This page concentrates on creating a text file with a VBScript.

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