object.Column

function GetColumn()
{
   var fso, f, m;
   var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2;
   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
   f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForWriting, true);
   f.Write("Hello World!");
   f.Close();
   f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForReading);
   m = f.ReadLine();
   return(f.Column);
}

Function GetColumn
   Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2
   Dim fso, f, m
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForWriting, True)
   f.Write "Hello world!" 
   f.Close
   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForReading)
   m =   f.ReadLine
   GetColumn = f.Column
End Function