ActiveXObject and writing a text file

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1

What is ActiveXObject and is it safe to use?
Using it to write an XML file (text file), and was wondering which of these 2 methods is best ?
Is there any Opus method of doing the same?

		var stream = new ActiveXObject('ADODB.Stream');
		stream.Type = 2; // Text
		stream.Charset = 'utf-8';
		stream.Open();
		stream.WriteText(xmlArray);
		stream.SaveToFile(workFolderPath + '\\Iconset.xml', 2); // Overwrite
		stream.Close();

OR

		var fso 		= new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject');
		var textfile 	= fso.CreateTextFile(workFolderPath + '\\Iconset.xml', true, false);
		textfile.WriteLine(xmlArray);
		textfile.Close();
2

None, IMO. You can use the actual XML manager COM object (Msxml2.DOMDocument) to manipulate XMLs, so you don't have to worry about breaking the format, escaping illegal characters, etc.

But I think Opus uses a different XML parser, so that might not be necessary.

3

Use the File object. It supports binary, text, ADS, and all encodings.

4

Many thanks, and for any future searches here is Opus method of doing same (note to self: book in some time to research this ActiveXObject and COM object)

		var file = DOpus.FSUtil.OpenFile(workFolderPath + '\\Iconset.xml', 'wa');
		if (file.error === 0)
		{
			file.Write(xmlArray);
			file.Close();
		}