Based on a complaint that one of my articles just links to the MS
documentation, I'm writing a tutorial on FileSystemObjec t. However I'm
currently getting stalled by this bug.
Environment: Windows Server 2003, IIS 6.0, VBScript 5.6, all windows and IE
update patches (to my knowledge).
From
msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/script56/html/jsmthcreatetext file.asp
The FileSystemObjec t doc for CreateTextFile states for the overwrite
parameter:
"Optional.
Boolean value that indicates whether you can overwrite an existing file. The
value is true if the file can be overwritten, false if it can't be
overwritten. If omitted, existing files are not overwritten. "
I believe "If omitted, existing files are not overwritten" is an inaccurate
statement. The following code definitely overwrites the file.
<%
set fso = CreateObject("S cripting.FileSy stemObject")
set fs = fso.createTextF ile(Server.MapP ath("foo.txt"))
fs.writeline("f oo!")
fs.close: set fs = nothing
set fs = fso.createTextF ile(Server.MapP ath("foo.txt"))
fs.writeline("o verwrite!")
fs.close: set fs = nothing
fso.close: set fso = nothing
%>
According to the doc, calling CreateTextFile( filename) should be equivalent
to calling CreateTextFile( filename, false). However when I do the former,
it overwrites the file (try it out, and examine foo.txt). When I do the
latter, I get the following error:
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a003a'
File already exists
So, (a) is the documentation incorrect, (b) is FileSystemObjec t behaving
incorrectly, (c) are the docs I'm looking at outdated, or (d) is there
potentially some configuration issue in my environment that makes this
script misbehave (e.g. does it work right for you)?
I just want to make sure that if the behavior is correct and the docs are
wrong, or if the docs or correct and the behavior is wrong, I convey the
correct location of the bug. :-)
Thanks in advance.
--
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP http://www.aspfaq.com/ 7 4000
(BTW - Same behavior on XP Pro.)
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHasp faq.com> wrote in message
news:e#******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... I believe "If omitted, existing files are not overwritten" is an
inaccurate statement. The following code definitely overwrites the file.
Yep, same thing here. With no argument passed, file is overwritten. With
False passed, I get the "file already exists" as expected, and with True, it
behaves as though it was omitted. So, (a) is the documentation incorrect, (b) is FileSystemObjec t behaving incorrectly, (c) are the docs I'm looking at outdated, or (d) is there potentially some configuration issue in my environment that makes this script misbehave (e.g. does it work right for you)?
I'll pick a.
I tried this on W2K Server with WSH5.6, btw.
Ray at home
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHasp faq.com> wrote in message
news:e#******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... <% fso.close: set fso = nothing %>
p.s. fso.close? :P
Ray at home
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHasp faq.com> wrote in message
news:e%******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP10.phx.gbl. .. Based on a complaint that one of my articles just links to the MS documentation, I'm writing a tutorial on FileSystemObjec t. However
I'm currently getting stalled by this bug.
Environment: Windows Server 2003, IIS 6.0, VBScript 5.6, all windows
and IE update patches (to my knowledge).
From msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/script56/html/jsmthcreatetext file.asp
The FileSystemObjec t doc for CreateTextFile states for the overwrite parameter:
"Optional. Boolean value that indicates whether you can overwrite an existing
file. The value is true if the file can be overwritten, false if it can't be overwritten. If omitted, existing files are not overwritten. "
I believe "If omitted, existing files are not overwritten" is an
inaccurate statement. The following code definitely overwrites the file.
<% set fso = CreateObject("S cripting.FileSy stemObject")
set fs = fso.createTextF ile(Server.MapP ath("foo.txt")) fs.writeline("f oo!") fs.close: set fs = nothing
set fs = fso.createTextF ile(Server.MapP ath("foo.txt")) fs.writeline("o verwrite!") fs.close: set fs = nothing
fso.close: set fso = nothing %>
According to the doc, calling CreateTextFile( filename) should be
equivalent to calling CreateTextFile( filename, false). However when I do the
former, it overwrites the file (try it out, and examine foo.txt). When I do
the latter, I get the following error:
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a003a' File already exists
So, (a) is the documentation incorrect, (b) is FileSystemObjec t
behaving incorrectly, (c) are the docs I'm looking at outdated, or (d) is there potentially some configuration issue in my environment that makes this script misbehave (e.g. does it work right for you)?
I just want to make sure that if the behavior is correct and the docs
are wrong, or if the docs or correct and the behavior is wrong, I convey
the correct location of the bug. :-)
Thanks in advance. -- Aaron Bertrand SQL Server MVP http://www.aspfaq.com/
Same here.
Notes:
1. Here's someone else who encountered the same thing. He didn't get an
answer either. http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...3B%40hydro.com
2. I declared but did not initialize a variable "a" and passed that as
the overwrite parameter and it behaved as advertised in the
documentation (i.e.. File exists error was thrown). Perhaps the
CreateTextFile method is dealing with the absence of the argument in a
non-standard way. Pure conjecture on my part.
-Chris Hohmann
A quick look at the Microsoft Scripting Runtime (scrrun.dll) with the Object
Browser show that the second parameter is True by default:
Function CreateTextFile( ByVal FileName As String, [ByVal Overwrite As
Boolean = True], [ByVal Unicode As Boolean = False]) As ITextStream
Member of Scripting.FileS ystemObject
Create a file as a TextStream
From this, we can say that the documentation is clearly wrong. This is on
XP with VBScript 5.6.
S. L.
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHasp faq.com> wrote in message
news:e%******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP10.phx.gbl. .. Based on a complaint that one of my articles just links to the MS documentation, I'm writing a tutorial on FileSystemObjec t. However I'm currently getting stalled by this bug.
Environment: Windows Server 2003, IIS 6.0, VBScript 5.6, all windows and
IE update patches (to my knowledge).
From msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/script56/html/jsmthcreatetext file.asp
The FileSystemObjec t doc for CreateTextFile states for the overwrite parameter:
"Optional. Boolean value that indicates whether you can overwrite an existing file.
The value is true if the file can be overwritten, false if it can't be overwritten. If omitted, existing files are not overwritten. "
I believe "If omitted, existing files are not overwritten" is an
inaccurate statement. The following code definitely overwrites the file.
<% set fso = CreateObject("S cripting.FileSy stemObject")
set fs = fso.createTextF ile(Server.MapP ath("foo.txt")) fs.writeline("f oo!") fs.close: set fs = nothing
set fs = fso.createTextF ile(Server.MapP ath("foo.txt")) fs.writeline("o verwrite!") fs.close: set fs = nothing
fso.close: set fso = nothing %>
According to the doc, calling CreateTextFile( filename) should be
equivalent to calling CreateTextFile( filename, false). However when I do the former, it overwrites the file (try it out, and examine foo.txt). When I do the latter, I get the following error:
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a003a' File already exists
So, (a) is the documentation incorrect, (b) is FileSystemObjec t behaving incorrectly, (c) are the docs I'm looking at outdated, or (d) is there potentially some configuration issue in my environment that makes this script misbehave (e.g. does it work right for you)?
I just want to make sure that if the behavior is correct and the docs are wrong, or if the docs or correct and the behavior is wrong, I convey the correct location of the bug. :-)
Thanks in advance. -- Aaron Bertrand SQL Server MVP http://www.aspfaq.com/
Sory, bad cut & paste, I guess. :-\
--
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP http://www.aspfaq.com/ p.s. fso.close? :P
Ray at home
"Those who live by the optional parameter, die by the optional parameter"
(slightly paraphrased).
--
Mark Schupp
Head of Development
Integrity eLearning www.ielearning.com
"Sylvain Lafontaine" <sylvain aei ca (fill the blanks, no spam please)>
wrote in message news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. .. A quick look at the Microsoft Scripting Runtime (scrrun.dll) with the
Object Browser show that the second parameter is True by default: Function CreateTextFile( ByVal FileName As String, [ByVal Overwrite As Boolean = True], [ByVal Unicode As Boolean = False]) As ITextStream
Member of Scripting.FileS ystemObject
Create a file as a TextStream
From this, we can say that the documentation is clearly wrong. This is on XP with VBScript 5.6.
S. L.
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHasp faq.com> wrote in message news:e%******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP10.phx.gbl. .. Based on a complaint that one of my articles just links to the MS documentation, I'm writing a tutorial on FileSystemObjec t. However I'm currently getting stalled by this bug.
Environment: Windows Server 2003, IIS 6.0, VBScript 5.6, all windows and IE update patches (to my knowledge).
From msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/script56/html/jsmthcreatetext file.asp
The FileSystemObjec t doc for CreateTextFile states for the overwrite parameter:
"Optional. Boolean value that indicates whether you can overwrite an existing file. The value is true if the file can be overwritten, false if it can't be overwritten. If omitted, existing files are not overwritten. "
I believe "If omitted, existing files are not overwritten" is an inaccurate statement. The following code definitely overwrites the file.
<% set fso = CreateObject("S cripting.FileSy stemObject")
set fs = fso.createTextF ile(Server.MapP ath("foo.txt")) fs.writeline("f oo!") fs.close: set fs = nothing
set fs = fso.createTextF ile(Server.MapP ath("foo.txt")) fs.writeline("o verwrite!") fs.close: set fs = nothing
fso.close: set fso = nothing %>
According to the doc, calling CreateTextFile( filename) should be equivalent to calling CreateTextFile( filename, false). However when I do the
former, it overwrites the file (try it out, and examine foo.txt). When I do the latter, I get the following error:
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a003a' File already exists
So, (a) is the documentation incorrect, (b) is FileSystemObjec t behaving incorrectly, (c) are the docs I'm looking at outdated, or (d) is there potentially some configuration issue in my environment that makes this script misbehave (e.g. does it work right for you)?
I just want to make sure that if the behavior is correct and the docs
are wrong, or if the docs or correct and the behavior is wrong, I convey the correct location of the bug. :-)
Thanks in advance. -- Aaron Bertrand SQL Server MVP http://www.aspfaq.com/
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