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I am writing a VBscript that powers a commenting system. From a webpage, it gets the users input and then i want it to write to a log file of some sort. At the same time, when the page loads, the page will displays the content of the log file, with the latest entry displayed at the top.
How do i do this? When i write to the log file, i can only write to the bottom, is there any way to write to the top?
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quote:When i write to the log file, i can only write to the bottom
This is how VBscript behaves by default. The only way around that is to use variables and/or temp file.
Lets hope that I can explain these correctly. If you have any questions, please let me know
log1 (original file) log2 (temp file)
1) Read log1.txt into a variable Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\log1.txt", ForReading) ReadAllTextFile = f.ReadAll Overwrite log1.txt with the new log info and then append everything in ReadAllTextFile to log1.txt
2) Use a temp file: Rename log1.txt to log2.txt Have the webpage recreate log1.txt with the new log info Read log2.txt using the readall method Append to log1.txt Delete log2.txt
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