I have been trying to use objStream to write to a file but have been getting all kinds of errors.

The file is stream.txt and is located in the folder http://localhost/7/

I am trying to open it from a page (shipStream.asp) in the same directory.....

Set objStream = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
objStream.Open "URL=http://localhost/7/stream.txt", adModeRead, adOpenStreamFromURL

This gives me:
Error Type:
(0x80040E96)
/7/shipStream.asp, line 20

I have tried the same omitting 'URL=' (ala example pg 623 Beg.ASP 3) and this returns the error:

ADODB.Stream (0x800A0BB9)
Arguments are of the wrong type, are out of acceptable range, or are in conflict with one another.
/7/shipStream.asp, line 20

What am I doing wrong!? It's probably something stupid..I don't care, I just want to get on developing!

Regards Guy

Hey,

Do you have these values defined as constants in your code:

adModeRead, adOpenStreamFromURL

Brian

Brian,

I read your reply and thought 'Doh!' because I had forgotten to include the path to msado15.dll

So I included the following


and.....got exactly the same errors again.... :(

if I use direct values i.e. objStream.Open "http://localhost/7/stream.txt" , 1 , 8

it doesn't help either....I am sure it's something stupid I've done!

By the way I've just used scripting.FSO to achieve what I want and it works fine. Which is better?

regards, Guy

Hey,

I like Scripting.FileSystemObject personally, thought I don't know which is better. I just personally like it.

Try without declaring an http maybe; try with the path to a file. I don't know if it can open those kinds of locations?

Brian

Try this:
 objStream.Open
 objStream.LoadFromFile "C:\7\Stream.txt"
 strText = objStream.ReadText

provided that is the correct path. It worked for me.
Ken

Hi Guy,

Each has its own merits and demerits. You got to use that depending on the what you would like to do. Somethings are common among these two objects (like file data handling). With stream object you can read the binary data(of image file) and display that on your page. But I beleive FSO doesn't let you do that.

You can take a look at these tow links.
Stream object

FileSystemObject Object

objStream.Open source,<other params>
where SOURCE is Optional. The data source for the Stream object (a URL that points to an existing node in a tree structure, like an e-mail or file system or a reference to an already opened Record object). If source is not specified, a new Stream object, with a size of zero, will be created and opened

Not sure, if this internally uses filesystemobject to do things.

BTW, where does that text file that you are trying to access reside?
Cheers!

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