Name
FileSystemObject.GetStandardStream Method
Syntax
oFileSys
.GetStandardStream(StandardStreamType
, [Unicode
])
-
oFileSys
Use: Required
Data Subtype: FileSystemObject object
A reference to the FileSystemObject object.
-
StandardStreamType
Use: Required
Data Subtype: Long
A constant indicating which standard stream (input, output, or error) should be returned by the function.
-
Unicode
Use: Optional
Data Subtype: Boolean
A Boolean indicating whether the stream should be Unicode or ASCII.
Return Value
A TextStream object.
Description
Allows you to read from the standard input stream and write to the standard output or standard error streams.
Rules at a Glance
StandardStreamType
can be one of the following constants defined in the Scripting Runtime type library:Constant
Value
Description
StdIn
0
Standard input
StdOut
1
Standard output
StdErr
2
Standard error
The Scripting Runtime type library defines constants of the
StandardStreamTypes
enumeration that can be used in place of their numeric equivalents for theStandardStreamType
argument. You can use them in your scripts in either of two ways. You can define the constants yourself by adding the following code to your script:Const StdIn = 0 Const StdOut = 1 Const StdErr = 2
You can also include an ASP METADATA tag in the
global.asa
file or the following line in a Windows Script Host (.wsf
) file in order to access the constants from the Scripting Runtime type library:<reference GUID="{420B2830-E718-11CF-893D-00A0C9054228}" />
The
Unicode ...
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