Writes a specified string and newline character to a TextStream file.

object.WriteLine([string])

Arguments

object

Required. Always the name of a TextStream object.

string

Optional. The text you want to write to the file. If omitted, a newline character is written to the file.

Remarks

The following example illustrates use of the WriteLine method:

[JScript]
var fso, f;
fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
f = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", true);
f.WriteLine("This is a test.");
f.Close();
[VBScript]
Function WriteLineToFile
   Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2
   Dim fso, f
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForWriting, True)
   f.WriteLine "Hello world!" 
   f.WriteLine "VBScript is fun!"
   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForReading)
   WriteLineToFile = f.ReadAll
End Function

See Also

Write Method | WriteBlankLines Method
Applies To: TextStream Object