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object.Column

The object is always the name of a TextStream object.

After a newline character has been written, but before any other character is written, Column is equal to 1.

The following examples illustrates the use of the Column property:

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function GetColumn() { var fso, f, m; var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2; fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForWriting, true); f.Write("Hello World!"); f.Close(); f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForReading); m = f.ReadLine(); return(f.Column); }

JScript

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function GetColumn()
{
   var fso, f, m;
   var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2;
   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
   f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForWriting, true);
   f.Write("Hello World!");
   f.Close();
   f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForReading);
   m = f.ReadLine();
   return(f.Column);
}

Visual Basic Script	Copy Code
Function GetColumn Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2 Dim fso, f, m Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForWriting, True) f.Write "Hello world!" f.Close Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForReading) m = f.ReadLine GetColumn = f.Column End Function

Visual Basic Script

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Function GetColumn
   Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2
   Dim fso, f, m
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForWriting, True)
   f.Write "Hello world!" 
   f.Close
   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForReading)
   m =   f.ReadLine
   GetColumn = f.Column
End Function

Applies To:

TextStream Object

Reference

Line Property (FileSystemObject)

Remarks

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Reference

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