File Input/Output Constants

Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition
File Input/Output Constants

These constants are only available when your project has an explicit reference to the appropriate type library containing these constant definitions. For VBScript, you must explicitly declare these constants in your code.

Constant Value Description

ForReading 1 Open a file for reading only. You can't write to this file.

ForWriting 2 Open a file for writing. If a file with the same name exists, its previous contents are overwritten.

ForAppending 8 Open a file and write to the end of the file.

Constant	Value	Description
ForReading	1	Open a file for reading only. You can't write to this file.
ForWriting	2	Open a file for writing. If a file with the same name exists, its previous contents are overwritten.
ForAppending	8	Open a file and write to the end of the file.