<html>
<body>
<p>The first four characters in the text file are skipped:</p>
<%
Set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f=fs.OpenTextFile(Server.MapPath("testread.txt"), 1)
f.Skip(4)
Response.Write(f.ReadAll)
f.Close
Set f=Nothing
Set fs=Nothing
%>
</body>
</html>