How to write to Text Files using fileSystemObject in QTP

Using FileSystemObject we can write data to a text file. Below are the steps to write to a text file.

1. Create an instance of the FileSystemObject

 This is done through

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

2. Use OpenTextFile to open an existing file or CreateTextFile to create a new text file to write data into.

Set otf = objFSO.CreateTextFile(FilePath,[OverWrite])
where FilePath is path of file to be created.OverWrite – Flag for overwriting content 

OR

 Set otf = objFSO.OpenTextFile(FilePath,ioMode)

where FilePath is path of file to be opened.ioMode – Define mode in which file to be opened. Use 1 to overwrite data and 8 to append data. 

3. Use below methods to write to the file.

a. Write(strText) - Write specified string in the text file.

Otf.Write(strText)

b. Writeline(strText) - writes a specified string and newline character.

otf.writeline(strText)

c. WriteblankLines(intLine) - Writes the specified number of blank lines in the text file

otf.WriteblankLines(4)

4. Close the text file.

otf.close – This will close the file. It will close the text file. Note file is saved automatically when we write to a text file.

5. Set all objects as nothing