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Read
TypeMethod
Return Value TypeString
Usageobject.Read(Number of Characters)
DescriptionReads the specified number of characters from a file.
ExampleCode:
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
filename="c:\test\test.txt"
Set tso = fso.OpenTextFile(filename,1,false,0)
response.write tso.Read(11)

Result:
Hello World

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