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Jamesmclellan
09-21-2009, 08:05 AM
Hi,

I'm getting a "permission denied" error on the OpenTextfile line of the following ASP code:

<%
Dim fs, fname
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set fname=fs.OpenTextFile("ideas.csv",1,true)
fname.WriteLine("Hello World!")
fname.Close
set fname=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>

This code is cut-and-paste from W3Schools; it's my first app in ASP.

I've tried readmode, writemode, and appendmode; so I believe it's an issue with something other than mode.

Help?

bruce
09-21-2009, 10:58 AM
Try this instead

set fname=fs.OpenTextFile(server.mappath("\ideas.csv"),1,true)