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7.17 Folder Object

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

Methods

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

Properties

Attributes
 
The file system attributes of the folder.
 
DateCreated
 
The date and time that a folder was created.
 
DateLastAccessed
 
The date and time that a folder was last accessed.
 
DateLastModified
 
The date and time that a folder was last modified.
 
Drive
 
The drive letter of the drive on which the file resides. On UNIX, this property is always `/'.
 
Files
 
A collection of all File objects contained in the folder. See the Files collection section for details.
 
IsRootFolder
 
Boolean indicating whether this folder is the root folder of a drive.
 
Name
 
The name of the folder.
 
ParentFolder
 
The Folder object that contains this folder.
 
Path
 
The file system path to this folder.
 
ShortName
 
The short name used by programs that require 8.3 file names. This property is not currently supported on UNIX.
 
ShortPath
 
The short path used by programs that require 8.3 file names This property is not currently supported on UNIX.
 
Size
 
The size, in bytes, of all files and subfolders contained in the folder.
 
SubFolders
 
A collection of all Folder objects contained in the folder. See the Folders collection for details.
 
Type
 
Information about the type of a folder. This property is not currently supported on UNIX.
 

Remarks

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

function ShowFolderInfo(folderspec)

{

var fs, folder, s;

fs = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

folder = fs.GetFolder(folderspec);

s = folder.DateCreated;

Response.Write(s);

}


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