There are any number of reasons when it would be convenient to know
how to create a text file without having to go to the server to do it.
This is just one of the things you can do with the File Scripting
Object.
<%
Dim myFSO 'this line creates an instance of the File Scripting Object named myFSO
SET myFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'error handling here to make sure that things go smoothly
'if the file does not exist
If NOT myFSO.FileExists("C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\myNewFolder\myNewText.txt") Then 'then we create it on this drive in the path we specify
myFSO.CreateTextFile("C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\myNewFolder\myNewText.txt")
Else 'otherwise we tell the client it does so they don't get a nasty error
Response.Write "THIS FILE ALREADY EXISTS"
End If 'this line destroys the instance of the File Scripting Object named myFSO
SET myFSO = NOTHING
%>
Now you can do this with ease. Just make sure
you have write permissions to the server in the directory you want to create
the file in.