index.js

function readFromFile(path, data, ForReading){
   //create and write to the previous file 
   var writeSystemObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

   var writeStream = writeSystemObject.CreateTextFile(path,true);

   writeStream.Write(data);

   writeStream.close();

   //Read from the file 
   var readSystemObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

   var readStream = readSystemObject.OpenTextFile(path, ForReading);

   var text = readStream.ReadLine();    

   console.log("Text read from file: "+text)

   readStream.close();

}

readFromFile("C:\\theFile.txt", "This text was written using a TextStream",1);