% 'Dimension variables Dim fsoObject 'File System Object Dim tsObject 'Text Stream Object Dim filObject 'File Object Dim lngVisitorNumber 'Holds the visitor number Dim intWriteDigitLoopCount 'Loop counter to display the graphical hit count 'Create a File System Object variable Set fsoObject = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'Initialise a File Object with the path and name of text file to open Set filObject = fsoObject.GetFile(Server.MapPath("hit_count.txt")) 'Open the visitor counter text file Set tsObject = filObject.OpenAsTextStream 'CLng' to convert the text from the 'hit_count.txt' into the data type, long integer. 'Read in the visitor number from the visitor counter file lngVisitorNumber = CLng(tsObject.ReadAll) 'Increment the visitor counter number by 1 lngVisitorNumber = lngVisitorNumber + 1 'Create a new visitor counter text file over writing the previous one Set tsObject = fsoObject.CreateTextFile(Server.MapPath("hit_count.txt")) 'hit_count.txt' text file. We are also using the 'CStr' VBScript function to convert the long integer number back into a string. 'Write the new visitor number to the text file tsObject.Write CStr(lngVisitorNumber) %>