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Working with Files

I) Computer file System
In computing, a file system (often also written as filesystem) is a method for storing
and organizing computer files and the data they contain to make it easy to find and
access them. File systems may use a data storage device such as a hard disk or CD-
ROM.

II) Working with Drives and Folders

a) Creating a Folder

Option Explicit
Dim objFSO, objFolder, strDirectory
strDirectory = "D:\logs"
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder(strDirectory)

b) Deleting a Folder

Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

oFSO.DeleteFolder("E:\FSO")

c) Copying Folders

Set oFSO=createobject("Scripting.Filesystemobject")
oFSO.CopyFolder "E:\gcr6", "C:\jvr", True

d) Checking weather the folder available or not, if not creating the folder

Option Explicit
Dim objFSO, objFolder, strDirectory
strDirectory = "D:\logs"
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If objFSO.FolderExists(strDirectory) Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strDirectory)
msgbox strDirectory & " already created "
else
Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder(strDirectory)
end if

e) Returning a collection of Disk Drives

Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set colDrives = oFSO.Drives
For Each oDrive in colDrives
MsgBox "Drive letter: " & oDrive.DriveLetter
Next

f) Getting available space on a Disk Drive

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Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set oDrive = oFSO.GetDrive("C:")
MsgBox "Available space: " & oDrive.AvailableSpace

III) Working with Flat Files

a) Creating a Flat File
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("E:\ScriptLog.txt")

b) Checking weather the File is available or not, if not creating the File

strDirectory="E:\"
strFile="Scripting.txt"
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If objFSO.FileExists(strDirectory & strFile) Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strDirectory)
Else
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("E:\ScriptLog.txt")
End if
c) Reading Data character by character from a Flat File
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("E:\gcr.txt", 1)
Do Until objFile.AtEndOfStream
strCharacters = objFile.Read(1)
msgbox strCharacters
Loop
d) Deleting Data From a Flat File
e) Comparing Flat Files
f) Searching Particular Strings in a Flat File
d) Reading Data line by line from a Flat File

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("E:\gcr.txt", 1)
Do Until objFile.AtEndOfStream
strCharacters = objFile.Readline
msgbox strCharacters
Loop

e) Reading data from a flat file and using in data driven testing

Dim fso,myfile
Set fso=createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")
Set myfile= fso.opentextfile ("F:\gcr.txt",1)
myfile.skipline
While myfile.atendofline <> True
x=myfile.readline
s=split (x, ",")

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SystemUtil.Run "C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest

Professional\samples\flight\app\flight4a.exe","","C:\Program Files\Mercury
Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\","open"
Dialog("Login").Activate
Dialog("Login").WinEdit("Agent Name:").Set s(0)
Dialog("Login").WinEdit("Password:").SetSecure s(1)
Dialog("Login").WinButton("OK").Click
Window("Flight Reservation").Close
Wend

f) Writing data to a text file

Dim Stuff, myFSO, WriteStuff, dateStamp

dateStamp = Date()
Stuff = "I am Preparing this script: " &dateStamp

Set myFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set WriteStuff = myFSO.OpenTextFile("e:\gcr.txt", 8, True)
WriteStuff.WriteLine(Stuff)
WriteStuff.Close
SET WriteStuff = NOTHING
SET myFSO = NOTHING

g) Delete a text file

Set objFSO=createobject("Scripting.filesystemobject")
Set txtFilepath = objFSO.GetFile("E:\gcr.txt")
txtFilepath.Delete()

h) Checking weather the File is available or not, if available delete the File

strDirectory="E:\"
strFile="gcr.txt"
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If objFSO.FileExists(strDirectory & strFile) Then
Set objFile = objFSO.Getfile(strDirectory & strFile)
objFile.delete ()
End if

i) Comparing two text files

Dim f1, f2
f1="e:\gcr1.txt"
f2="e:\gcr2.txt"
Public Function CompareFiles (FilePath1, FilePath2)
Dim FS, File1, File2
Set FS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

If FS.GetFile(FilePath1).Size <> FS.GetFile(FilePath2).Size Then

CompareFiles = True
Exit Function

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End If
Set File1 = FS.GetFile(FilePath1).OpenAsTextStream(1, 0)
Set File2 = FS.GetFile(FilePath2).OpenAsTextStream(1, 0)

CompareFiles = False
Do While File1.AtEndOfStream = False
Str1 = File1.Read
Str2 = File2.Read

CompareFiles = StrComp(Str1, Str2, 0)

If CompareFiles <> 0 Then

CompareFiles = True
Exit Do
End If
Loop

File1.Close()
File2.Close()
End Function

Call Comparefiles(f1,f2)

If CompareFiles(f1, f2) = False Then

MsgBox "Files are identical."
Else
MsgBox "Files are different."
End If

j) Counting the number of times a word appears in a file

sFileName="E:\gcr.txt"
sString="gcreddy"
Const FOR_READING = 1
Dim oFso, oTxtFile, sReadTxt, oRegEx, oMatches
Set oFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oTxtFile = oFso.OpenTextFile(sFileName, FOR_READING)
sReadTxt = oTxtFile.ReadAll
Set oRegEx = New RegExp
oRegEx.Pattern = sString
oRegEx.IgnoreCase = bIgnoreCase
oRegEx.Global = True
Set oMatches = oRegEx.Execute(sReadTxt)
MatchesFound = oMatches.Count
Set oTxtFile = Nothing : Set oFso = Nothing : Set oRegEx = Nothing
msgbox MatchesFound

IV) Working with Word Docs

a) Create a word document and enter some data & save

Dim objWD
Set objWD = CreateObject("Word.Application")

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objWD.Documents.Add

objWD.Selection.TypeText "This is some text." & Chr(13) & "This is some more text"
objWD.ActiveDocument.SaveAs "e:\gcreddy.doc"
objWD.Quit

V) Working with Excel Sheets

a) Create an excel sheet and enter a value into first cell

Dim objexcel
Set objExcel = createobject("Excel.application")
objexcel.Visible = True
objexcel.Workbooks.add
objexcel.Cells(1, 1).Value = "Testing"
objexcel.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs("f:\gcreddy1.xls")
objexcel.Quit

b) Compare two excel files

Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

objExcel.Visible = True
Set objWorkbook1= objExcel.Workbooks.Open("E:\gcr1.xls")
Set objWorkbook2= objExcel.Workbooks.Open("E:\gcr2.xls")

Set objWorksheet1= objWorkbook1.Worksheets(1)

Set objWorksheet2= objWorkbook2.Worksheets(1)

For Each cell In objWorksheet1.UsedRange

If cell.Value <> objWorksheet2.Range(cell.Address).Value Then
msgbox "value is different"
Else
msgbox "value is same"
End If
Next
objWorkbook1.close
objWorkbook2.close
objExcel.quit
set objExcel=nothing

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