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8.11 Folder Object

The Folder object provides access to all the properties of a folder.
 

Methods

Copy
 
Copies a folder from one location to another.
 
Delete
 
Deletes a folder.
 
Move
 
Moves a folder from one location to another.
 
CreateTextFile
 
Creates a file and returns a TextStream object.
 

Property

Attributes
 
The attributes of a folder.
 
DateCreated
 
The date and time a folder was created.
 
DateLastAccessed
 
The date and time that the folder was last accessed.
 
DateLastModified
 
The date and time that the folder was last modified.
 
Drive
 
The drive letter of the drive on which the folder resides.
 
Files
 
A Files collection of all File objects in the folder.
 
IsRootFolder
 
True if this is the root folder of a drive.
 
Name
 
The name of the folder.
 
ParentFolder
 
The Folder object for the parent of the folder.
 
Path
 
The file system path to the folder.
 
ShortName
 
The short name used by programs that require 8.3 names. This property is not currently supported on UNIX.
 
ShortPath
 
The short path used by programs that require 8.3 names. This property is not currently supported on UNIX.
 
Size
 
The size, in bytes, of all files and subfolders contained in a folder.
 
SubFolders
 
A Folders collection containing all the folders in a Folder object.
 

Remarks

The following code illustrates how to obtain a Folder object and how to return one of its properties:
 

Sub ShowFolderInfo(folderspec)

Dim fs, f, s,

Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set f = fs.GetFolder(folderspec)

s = f.DateCreated

Response.Write s

End Sub
 

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