Example
Const ForReading = 1
Const ForWriting = 2
Const ForAppending = 8
Sub WriteTextFileExample()
Dim oFso
Set oFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim oFile as Object
Dim myFilePath as String
Dim myFileText as String
myFilePath = "C:\mypath\to\myfile.txt"
' First check if the file exists
If oFso.FileExists(myFilePath) Then
' this will overwrite any existing filecontent with whatever you send the file
' to append data to the end of an existing file, use ForAppending instead
Set oFile = oFso.OpenTextFile(myFilePath, ForWriting)
Else
' create the file instead
Set oFile = oFso.CreateTextFile(myFilePath) ' skipping the optional boolean for overwrite if exists as we already checked that the file doesn't exist.
End If
oFile.Write "This is some new text"
oFile.Write " And this text will appear right after the first bit of text."
oFile.WriteLine "This bit of text includes a newline character to ensure each write takes its own line."
oFile.Close ' close the file
End Sub
